Oman A333 near Bucharest on Oct 17th 2018, engine oil leak

Last Update: October 17, 2018 / 22:14:32 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Oman Air

Flight number
WY-116

Destination
Muscat, Oman

Aircraft Registration
A4O-DE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

An Oman Air Airbus A330-300, registration A4O-DE performing flight WY-116 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Muscat (Oman), was enroute at FL310 about 60nm northwest of Bucharest (Romania) when the crew descended the aircraft to FL240 and decided to return to Germany diverting to Munich due to a low quanity indication for the right hand engine (Trent 772). The aircraft landed safely in Munich about 100 minutes after the decision to turn around.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Munich about 10 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Oman Air

Flight number
WY-116

Destination
Muscat, Oman

Aircraft Registration
A4O-DE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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