Hunnu AT72 near Murun on Jul 23rd 2017, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: August 3, 2017 / 15:35:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 23, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Hunnu Air

Flight number
MR-162

Aircraft Registration
JU-8802

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Hunnu Air Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration JU-8802 performing flight MR-162 from Ulaangom to Ulaanbator (Mongolia), was enroute at FL230 about 40nm from Murun (Mongolia) about half way into the flight, when torque and other parameters of the left hand engine (PW127) dropped suddenly. The crew shut the engine down and diverted to Murun.

Mongolia's AIB rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 23, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Hunnu Air

Flight number
MR-162

Aircraft Registration
JU-8802

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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