Argentinas A343 enroute on Nov 14th 2017, engine trouble
Last Update: November 23, 2017 / 15:18:57 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 14, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine trouble
Airline
Aerolineas Argentinas
Flight number
AR-1372
Departure
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina
Destination
Cancun, Mexico
Aircraft Registration
LV-CSF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
Mexico's Civil Aviation Authority rated the occurrence a serious incdient and opened an investigation stating that the crew reported a high temperature problem with engine #2 at an unknown phase of flight. The aircraft landed later without further incident.
Data off the aircraft's transponder show the aircraft was enroute at FL380 just south of Panama City (Panama), about 860nm south of Cancun, when the aircraft descended to FL340. About 440nm south of Cancun the aircraft climbed to FL360 temporarily and returned to FL340 maintaining FL340 until reaching top of descent into Cancun.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Cancun for 30 hours, then returned to service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 14, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine trouble
Airline
Aerolineas Argentinas
Flight number
AR-1372
Departure
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina
Destination
Cancun, Mexico
Aircraft Registration
LV-CSF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
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