Botswana RJ85 near Gaborone on Aug 26th 2014, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: August 29, 2014 / 22:22:38 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 26, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Botswana
Departure
Gaborone, Botswana
Destination
Johannesburg, South Africa
Aircraft Type
AVRO RJ-85 Avroliner
ICAO Type Designator
RJ85
The airline confirmed sparks were seen from an engine of flight BP-209, the engine was shut down and the crew returned to Gaborone.
The flight is scheduled to be operated by an ATR-42-500.
Air Botswana operates three ATR-42-500s, A2-ABN and A2-ABP were seen on radar one respective two hours after the occurrence, A2-ABO had been flown to Moenchengladbach (Germany) on Aug 4th 2014 for major maintenance and is still there.
In addition Air Botswana operates one ATR-72-212A A2-ABR, which was seen flying shortly after the occurrence, too.
Air Botswana also operates three Avro RJ-85, registrations A2-ABF, A2-ABG and A2-ABH. Flights BP-209 were flown by RJ-85 since Aug 4th other than by the scheduled ATR-42.
On Aug 29th 2014 A2-ABH was being ferried to London Stansted,EN (UK) with intermediate landings at Cairo (Egypt) and Malta (Malta) flying at a maximum cruise level 280.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 26, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Botswana
Departure
Gaborone, Botswana
Destination
Johannesburg, South Africa
Aircraft Type
AVRO RJ-85 Avroliner
ICAO Type Designator
RJ85
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