Ata MD83 near Sari on Dec 24th 2017, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: December 24, 2017 / 22:24:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 24, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Flight number
I3-5617

Departure
Tabriz, Iran

Destination
Mashad, Iran

Aircraft Registration
EP-TAS

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-83

ICAO Type Designator
MD83

An Ata Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration EP-TAS performing flight I3-5617 from Tabriz to Mashad (Iran), was climbing out of Tabriz when the crew stopped the climb at FL250 after noticing the loss of engine oil from the #1 engine (JT8D, left hand). The crew initially continued to Mashad, however, about 110nm westnorthwest of Sari the crew needed to shut the engine down due to low engine oil pressure and decided to divert to Sari for a safe landing.

The airline reported the crew decided to divert to Sari after detecting a technical malfunction on board. A replacement aircraft was dispatched to take the passengers to Mashad.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 24, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Flight number
I3-5617

Departure
Tabriz, Iran

Destination
Mashad, Iran

Aircraft Registration
EP-TAS

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-83

ICAO Type Designator
MD83

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