Volotea B712 near Athens on Sep 25th 2018, engine trouble

Last Update: September 26, 2018 / 22:34:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 25, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
V7-1447

Destination
Venice, Italy

Aircraft Registration
EI-FCB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200

ICAO Type Designator
B712

A Volotea Airlines Boeing 717-200, registration EI-FCB performing flight V7-1447 from Mikonos (Greece) to Venice (Italy) with 116 people on board, was climbing out of Mikonos when the crew stopped the climb at FL240 due to a problem with the left hand engine (BR715) and decided to divert to Athens (Greece). The aircraft landed safely in Athens about 75 minutes after departure.

The aircraft was still on the ground about 8 hours after landing.

On Sep 26th 2018 The Aviation Herald received information that the crew received "ENG L OIL FILTER" while enroute at FL240 followed by a "ENG L SYS FAIL" message with the engine running down. The thrust lever was moved to idle, the crew decided to divert to Athens, subsequently the engine automatically shut down with a "ENG L OIL PRES LO" message. The engine is being replaced.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 25, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
V7-1447

Destination
Venice, Italy

Aircraft Registration
EI-FCB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200

ICAO Type Designator
B712

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