Meridiana B762 near Mauritius on Nov 13th 2017, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: November 23, 2017 / 00:56:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 13, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Meridiana

Flight number
I-3811

Departure
Mauritius, Mauritius

Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy

Aircraft Registration
I-AIGH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-200

ICAO Type Designator
B762

Airport
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Port Louis

Airport ICAO Code
FIMP

A Meridiana Boeing 767-200, registration I-AIGH performing flight I-3811 from Mauritius (Mauritius) to Rome Fiumicino (Italy), was climbing out of Mauritius about 70nm north of Mauritius when the crew declared emergency reporting they had shut down one engine (CF6) and they wanted to return to Mauritius. During the return the aircraft deviated around weather and entered a hold due to weather (low visibility) at Mauritius. The crew reported they had everything under control, they did have a high temperature and fumes on the engine, the emergency was cancelled. The crew advised they would be landing at a higher than normal speed due to high landing weight. After landing the crew reported they saw smoke from the left main gear, they had landed at a higher than normal speed due to high landing weight. Emergency services cooled down the brakes.

The passengers were taken to hotels and rebooked onto other flights the following day, a number were routed via Dubai (United Arab Emirates), a number via Milan Malpensa (Italy).

The occurrence aircraft is still in Mauritius 10 days later awaiting an engine change.

Metars:
FIMP 131100Z 06003KT 500NW 1000E RA FEW006 FEW013CB BKN013 BKN045 23/22 Q1013=
FIMP 131000Z 10003KT 2000NW -RA FEW008 FEW013CB BKN013 BKN045 23/22 Q1013=
FIMP 130900Z 00000KT 0300NW 1000E SHRA FEW008 FEW013CB SCT015 SCT050 BKN100 25/22 Q1014=
FIMP 130800Z 12005KT 3000 -SHRA FEW013CB SCT015 SCT050 BKN100 26/21 Q1014=
FIMP 130700Z 12005KT 9999 VCSH FEW015CB SCT016 BKN100 27/22 Q1014=
FIMP 130600Z 18005KT 9999 FEW015TCU FEW016 SCT050 BKN100 28/22 Q1014=
FIMP 130500Z 18005KT 9999 FEW017 SCT050 OVC250 27/21 Q1014=
FIMP 130400Z 22006KT 9999 FEW018 SCT050 BKN250 27/21 Q1014=
FIMP 130300Z 30002KT 9999 FEW018 BKN250 24/19 Q1014=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 13, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Meridiana

Flight number
I-3811

Departure
Mauritius, Mauritius

Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy

Aircraft Registration
I-AIGH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-200

ICAO Type Designator
B762

Airport
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Port Louis

Airport ICAO Code
FIMP

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