Insel F50 near Sint Maarten on Mar 19th 2018, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: March 20, 2018 / 14:41:09 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 19, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
InselAir

Flight number
7I-512

Aircraft Registration
PJ-KVM

Aircraft Type
Fokker 50

ICAO Type Designator
F50

An InselAir Fokker 50, registration PJ-KVM performing flight 7I-512 from Sint Maarten (Sint Maarten) to Curacao (Curacao) with 53 people on board, was enroute at FL200 over the Caribbean Sea about 100nm southsouthwest of Sint Maarten about 30 minutes into the flight when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine (PW127) down. The aircraft returned to Sint Maarten for a safe landing about one hour after departure.

The airline reported the aircraft returned to Sint Maarten after an engine needed to be shut down. The aircraft is being examined.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 19, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
InselAir

Flight number
7I-512

Aircraft Registration
PJ-KVM

Aircraft Type
Fokker 50

ICAO Type Designator
F50

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