SAS A333 near Faroe Islands on Apr 22nd 2012, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: April 22, 2012 / 16:27:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 22, 2012

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-907

Departure
Oslo, Norway

Destination
Newark, United States

Aircraft Registration
LN-RKH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration LN-RKH performing flight SK-907 from Oslo (Norway) to Newark,NJ (USA) with 264 passengers, was enroute at FL360 about 60nm northeast of Vagar (Faroe Islands) when the crew reported an engine (Trent 772) failure, shut the engine down, decided to turn around and divert to Bergen (Norway). The aircraft drifted down to FL330 and performed a safe landing on Bergen's Flesland Airport's runway 35 about 70 minutes later.

The flight is currently estimated to depart Bergen again at 20:00L and reach Newark with a delay of 8.5 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
LN-RKH
Country of Registration
Norway
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
Airbus
Aircraft Model / Type
A330-343
ICAO Aircraft Type
A333
Serial Number
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Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]
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Engine Count
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 22, 2012

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-907

Departure
Oslo, Norway

Destination
Newark, United States

Aircraft Registration
LN-RKH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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