Flybe DH8D over Irish Sea on Oct 6th 2012, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: October 8, 2012 / 14:55:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 6, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Flybe

Flight number
BE-281

Aircraft Registration
G-JEDP

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration G-JEDP performing flight BE-281 from Belfast City,NI to Cardiff,WL (UK), was enroute over the Irish Sea when the crew needed to shut an engine down and diverted to Manchester,EN (UK) for a safe landing.

A passenger reported that the aircraft had been delayed by about 20 minutes for "final checks", over the Irish Sea an engine failed and was shut down, the aircraft diverted to Manchester.

A replacement Embraer ERJ-195 registration G-FBEA reached Cardiff with a delay of 2:15 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 6, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Flybe

Flight number
BE-281

Aircraft Registration
G-JEDP

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

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