Mechanical Problem Causes Flight To Return to EWR

[Gerard]

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=7431712 (http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7431712)

[AirtrafficController]

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[USAF Pilot 07]

Very cool video! Although the article makes it clear the author has no idea what they're talking about; steam coming out the engines?!

Must have been something somewhat serious. I don't know CO's policy of fuel dump, but I know that for us unless it's a pretty serious emergency we won't dump fuel and will just sit and burn holes in the sky until we get light enough to land...

[Matt Molnar]

Very cool video! Although the article makes it clear the author has no idea what they're talking about; steam coming out the engines?!

Must have been something somewhat serious. I don't know CO's policy of fuel dump, but I know that for us unless it's a pretty serious emergency we won't dump fuel and will just sit and burn holes in the sky until we get light enough to land...
Tower advised that they saw unusual venting from the left gear after takeoff and sure enough the crew couldn't get the gear to retract, indicating a possible hydraulics leak.