Iberia Express A320 at Madrid on Sep 1st 2012, engine failure

Last Update: September 2, 2012 / 13:01:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
I2-2482

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Destination
Vigo, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-FLP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Iberia Express Airbus A320-200, registration EC-FLP performing flight I2-2482/IB-2482 from Madrid,SP to Vigo,SP (Spain), was climbing out of Madrid when the crew stopped the climb at FL130 reporting the left hand engine (CFM56) had failed. The aircraft returned to Madrid for a safe landing on runway 33L about 20 minutes after departure.

The airline reported on Sep 2nd that it was a minor failure of the engine, the engine was not shut down.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
I2-2482

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Destination
Vigo, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-FLP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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