Citrus 428: Calm, Cool and Collected in an emergency

It's not just Sully Sullenberger of the US Airways Hudson River A320 ditching in January who gives airline pilots a good name when it comes to performing flawlessly in the face of a crisis.

Pilots on an AirTran Airways Boeing 717 departing Baltimore as "Citrus 428" enroute to Atlanta on 5 April showed Sully's "right stuff" as they dealt with a failed right engine.

I put together the video below using air traffic control recordings from LiveATC.net, pictures from AirTran's website and flight tracking data from FlightAware.com.

All's well that end's well too - AirTran reports that the aircraft landed safely at BWI and the engine, a Rolls-Royce BR715 turbofan, is being sent back to Montreal for an overhaul. No word as to exactly what type of problem occurred.