Croatia A320 near Zagreb on Aug 11th 2018, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: August 13, 2018 / 21:03:15 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 11, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OU-491

Destination
Zagreb, Croatia

Aircraft Registration
9A-CTJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Croatia Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration 9A-CTJ performing flight OU-491 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Zagreb (Croatia), was enroute at FL370 about 250nm northwest of Zagreb (Croatia) in the vicinity of Munich (Germany) when the crew decided to shut one of the engines (CFM56) down due to vibrations. The aircraft drifted down to FL200 and continued to Zagreb for a safe landing about 45 minutes after leaving FL370.

The airline confirmed the crew shut one engine down due to vibrations.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Zagreb for about 38 hours before returning to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 11, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OU-491

Destination
Zagreb, Croatia

Aircraft Registration
9A-CTJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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