US Airways A319 near Orlando on Jun 3rd 2015, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: June 3, 2015 / 21:21:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 3, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
US Airways

Flight number
US-1902

Aircraft Registration
N737US

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A US Airways Airbus A319-100 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N737US performing flight US-1902/AA-1902 from Orlando,FL to Washington National,DC (USA) with 72 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing out of Orlando when the crew stopped the climb at FL210, shut the left hand engine ( down and decided to return to Orlando. The crew requested right turns and asked emergency services to have a look over the engine to make sure there was no smoke coming out, they were not seeing any fire. The aircraft landed safely on Orlando's runway 18R about 25 minutes after stopping the climb and stopped on the runway for inspection by emergency services ("we stop on the runway making it safer for them" referring to emergency services). Following inspection the crew taxied the aircraft to the apron with emergency services following the aircraft.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 3, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
US Airways

Flight number
US-1902

Aircraft Registration
N737US

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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