KLM B744 near Denver on Jul 13th 2018, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: July 15, 2018 / 17:09:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
KLM

Flight number
KL-602

Aircraft Registration
PH-BFS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A KLM Boeing 747-400, registration PH-BFS performing flight KL-602 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was enroute at FL330 about 120nm west of Denver,CO (USA) when the crew initiated a drift down to FL280. The crew subsequently requested to return to Los Angeles advising ATC that this was not an emergency, they had consulted with dispatch and maintenance, had shut the #3 engine (CF6, inboard right hand) down after receiving an engine low oil pressure indication. The aircraft turned around and returned to Los Angeles for a safe landing on Los Angeles' runway 25R about 100 minutes later.

The flight was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Los Angeles about 34 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
KLM

Flight number
KL-602

Aircraft Registration
PH-BFS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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