Southwest B737 near Nashville on Oct 10th 2017, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: October 11, 2017 / 21:00:55 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 10, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-362

Departure
Philadelphia, United States

Destination
Nashville, United States

Aircraft Registration
N427WN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N427WN performing flight WN-362 from Philadelphia,PA to Nashville,TN (USA), was enroute about to begin the descent into Nashville when an engine (CFM56) emitted a loud bang, streaks of flames and sparks prompting the crew to shut the engine down. Descending towards Nashville the controllers asked whether they were a divert, the crew advised Nashville was their intended destination, they had "just" lost an engine enroute. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Nashville's runway 20L and taxied to the apron requesting the emergency services to follow them to the gate.

A passenger reported there was a loud bang and streaks of blue/orange flames that turned into orange sparks. The crew subsequently announced they had lost an engine but were fine to reach Nashville.

The occurrence aircraft was unable to continue its schedule, a replacement aircraft continued the next sectors of flight 362. The aircraft remained on the ground for about 26 hours, then returned to service.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 10, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-362

Departure
Philadelphia, United States

Destination
Nashville, United States

Aircraft Registration
N427WN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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