Ata MD83 at Tehran on Dec 17th 2017, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: December 21, 2017 / 17:20:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 17, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
I3-5680

Destination
Urmia, Iran

Aircraft Registration
EP-TAQ

ICAO Type Designator
MD83

An Ata Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 on behalf of Taban Airlines, registration EP-TAQ performing flight I3-5680 from Tehran Mehrabad to Urmia (Iran) with 135 passengers and 7 crew, was in the initial climb through about 5200 feet out of Tehran when the left hand engine (JT8D) emitted a loud bang and the aircraft yawed to the left prompting the crew to stop the climb at about 6000 feet reporting a problem with the #1 engine (JT8D, left hand). The aircraft returned to Tehran's Mehrabad Airport for a safe landing.

A replacement MD-83 registration EP-TAS reached Urmia with a delay of 5.5 hours.

The airline reported a malfunction of the #1 engine prompted the crew to shut the engine down. A replacement aircraft took the passengers to Urmia.

The occurrence aircraft was still on the ground about 49 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 17, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
I3-5680

Destination
Urmia, Iran

Aircraft Registration
EP-TAQ

ICAO Type Designator
MD83

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