Thai Lion B39M at Chiang Mai on May 12th 2018, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: May 12, 2018 / 21:56:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SL-515

Aircraft Registration
HS-LSI

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B39M

A Thai Lion Air Boeing 737-900 MAX, registration HS-LSI performing flight SL-515 from Chiang Mai to Bangkok Don Mueang (Thailand) with 169 people on board, was climbing towards the north out of Chiang Mai when the right hand engine (Leap 1B) emitted two loud bangs prompting the crew to stop the climb at about FL060, shut the engine down and return to Chiang Mai for a safe landing about 17 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-900 registration HS-LTI departed with a delay of 4 hours and landed on Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport about 3:50 hours past schedule.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SL-515

Aircraft Registration
HS-LSI

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B39M

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