Finnair A320 near Helsinki on Jul 28th 2018, generator failure

Last Update: July 29, 2018 / 20:26:17 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 28, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Finnair

Flight number
AY-1471

Destination
Vienna, Austria

Aircraft Registration
OH-LXM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Finnair Airbus A320-200, registration OH-LXM performing flight AY-1471 from Helsinki (Finland) to Vienna (Austria), was enroute at FL380 about 130nm south of Helsinki when the crew decided to return to Helsinki due to the failure of the left hand generator (engine CFM56). The aircraft landed safely back in Helsinki about 30 minutes later.

A replacement A319-100 registration OH-LVI reached Vienna with a delay of 3:40 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service 36 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 28, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Finnair

Flight number
AY-1471

Destination
Vienna, Austria

Aircraft Registration
OH-LXM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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