Brussels A332 near Geneva on Nov 5th 2018, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: November 5, 2018 / 23:11:35 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Brussels Airlines

Flight number
SN-359

Departure
Kinshasa N'djili, Democratic Republic of Congo

Destination
Brussels, Belgium

Aircraft Registration
OO-SFZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration OO-SFZ performing flight SN-359 (dep Nov 4th) from Kinshasa N'djili (DR Congo) to Brussels (Belgium), was enroute at FL400 about 20nm east of Geneva (Switzerland) within French Airspace when the left hand engine (PW4168) emitted a loud bang, the crew received an "ENG1 STALL" warning. The crew shut the engine down, drifted down to FL280 and continued to Brussels for a safe landing about 55 minutes later.

Passengers reported a loud bang and streaks of flames from the left hand engine.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Brussels Airlines

Flight number
SN-359

Departure
Kinshasa N'djili, Democratic Republic of Congo

Destination
Brussels, Belgium

Aircraft Registration
OO-SFZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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