Etihad A332 at Abu Dhabi on Sep 5th 2018, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: September 5, 2018 / 20:02:42 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
EY-474

Aircraft Registration
A6-EYO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Etihad Airways Airbus A330-200, registration A6-EYO performing flight EY-474 from Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) to Jakarta (Indonesia), was in the initial climb out of Abu Dhabi's runway 13R when the right hand engine (Trent 772) emitted a loud bang prompting the crew to stop the climb at 3500 feet and return to Abu Dhabi for a safe landing on runway 13L about 20 minutes after departure.

A passenger reported there was the sound like an explosion from the right hand engine.

The airline confirmed a technical malfunction with one of the engines.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Abu Dhabi about 20 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
EY-474

Aircraft Registration
A6-EYO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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