Insel F50 at Sint Maarten on Jun 13th 2018, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: June 14, 2018 / 15:28:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
InselAir

Flight number
7I-512

Aircraft Registration
PJ-KVN

Aircraft Type
Fokker 50

ICAO Type Designator
F50

An Insel Air Fokker 50, registration PJ-KVN performing flight 7I-512 from Sint Maarten (Sint Maarten) to Curacao (Curacao), was climbing out of Sint Maarten when the crew stopped the climb at about 8500 feet due to an engine problem, the engine was shut down and the aircraft returned to Sint Maarten for a safe landing about 20 minutes after departure.

The airline reported the passengers were taken to hotels and are to be taken to Curacao with the next available flight.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
InselAir

Flight number
7I-512

Aircraft Registration
PJ-KVN

Aircraft Type
Fokker 50

ICAO Type Designator
F50

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