Avianca A319 at Galapagos on Sep 7th 2018, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: September 20, 2018 / 18:09:25 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 7, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Avianca Ecuador

Flight number
AV-1685

Departure
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Destination
Quito, Ecuador

Aircraft Registration
HC-CSB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

An Avianca Ecuador Airbus A319-100, registration HC-CSB performing flight AV-1685 from Galapagos Islands to Quito (Ecuador), was climbing through FL160 out of Galapagos when the crew strong noise and a metallic sound, felt high vibrations and observed the right hand engine's (CFM56) N2 drop to zero. The crew reduced the engine to idle, subsequently shut it down and returned to Galapagos Islands for a safe landing.

Ecuador's Civil Aviation Authority rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 7, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Avianca Ecuador

Flight number
AV-1685

Departure
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Destination
Quito, Ecuador

Aircraft Registration
HC-CSB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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