China Airlines A359 at Rome on Jun 5th 2018, engine problem

Last Update: June 9, 2018 / 18:49:50 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CI-76

Destination
Taipei, Taiwan

Aircraft Registration
B-18905

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

A China Airlines Airbus A350-900, registration B-18905 performing flight CI-76 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Taipei (Taiwan), was climbing out of Rome's runway 25 when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 reporting a problem with the #1 engine (Trent XWB). The crew decided to return to Rome, dumped fuel and landed safely back on Rome's runway 34L about 100 minutes after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground for 2 days and departed for flight CI-76 of Jun 7th 48 hours after departure of Jun 5th.

The Aviation Herald was told the engine suffered a low engine oil pressure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CI-76

Destination
Taipei, Taiwan

Aircraft Registration
B-18905

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

This article is published under license from Avherald.com. © of text by Avherald.com.
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