TAP A321 at Rome on Oct 17th 2017, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: October 18, 2017 / 20:06:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 17, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
TAP Air Portugal
Flight number
TP-843
Departure
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Destination
Lisbon, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TJG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
Passengers reported they observed streaks of flames from an engine.
The airline reported the crew observed a malfunction of the engine and followed procedures. There had been no engine fire (editorial remark: countering media reports in Italy claiming an engine fire). The passengers were taken to hotels and rebooked onto another flight the following day, an A330 has been sent to Rome.
The following day's rotation TP-832/TP-839 was flown by an Airbus A330-300 registration CS-TOW and reached Lisbon with a delay of 90 minutes (seen from the perspective of passengers booked onto TP-839 of Oct 18th) respective 19 hours (from the perspective of passengers of TP-843 of Oct 17th).
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 24 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 17, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
TAP Air Portugal
Flight number
TP-843
Departure
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Destination
Lisbon, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TJG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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