THY A333 near Tehran on Oct 16th 2017, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: October 16, 2017 / 22:13:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 16, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TK-875

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-LOE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration TC-LOE performing flight TK-875 from Tehran Imam Khomeini (Iran) to Istanbul (Turkey), was enroute at FL400 about 30 minutes into the flight, about 200nm northwest of Tehran, when the crew needed to shut an engine (Trent 772) down and decided to return to Tehran. The aircraft landed safely on runway 29R about 50 minutes after leaving FL400.

A replacement Airbus A330-200 registration TC-JNE was dispatched to Tehran and reached Istanbul with a delay of 15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Tehran about 21 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 16, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TK-875

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-LOE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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