Wataniya A320 near Aqaba on Jul 17th 2018, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: July 17, 2018 / 20:14:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wataniya

Flight number
KW-416

Destination
Kuwait, Kuwait

Aircraft Registration
9K-EAI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Wataniya Airbus A320-200, registration 9K-EAI performing flight KW-416 (dep Jul 16th) from Beirut (Lebanon) to Kuwait (Kuwait) with 59 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 10nm south of Aqabat (Jordan) when the crew needed to shut one of the engines (CFM56) down and diverted to Aqaba for a safe landing on runway 19 about 30 minutes later.

Aqaba Airport reported a Kuwait based aircraft enroute from Beirut diverted to Aqaba after an engine had been shut down.

Arabic Media reported a Kuwait Airways aircraft had diverted to Aqaba prompting a denial by Kuwait Airways.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wataniya

Flight number
KW-416

Destination
Kuwait, Kuwait

Aircraft Registration
9K-EAI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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