Vietnam A21N near Lahore on Feb 6th 2019, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: February 27, 2019 / 22:07:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 6, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Vietnam Airlines

Departure
Baku, Azerbaijan

Destination
Hanoi, Vietnam

Aircraft Registration
VN-A621

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

A Vietnam Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration VN-A621 performing delivery flight VN-96 from Baku (Azerbaijan) to Hanoi (Vietnam), was enroute at FL370 about 240nm west of Lahore (Pakistan) when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (PW1130) down. The aircraft drifted down to about FL230 and diverted to Lahore where the aircraft landed safely on runway 36R about 45 minutes after leaving FL370.

The aircraft had earlier departed from Hamburg Finkenwerder (Germany) for its delivery flight and was scheduled to fly to Hanoi via an intermediate stop in Baku. It is still on the ground in Lahore on Feb 22nd 2019.

On Feb 18th 2019 The Aviation Herald learned the engine is going to be replaced in the next couple of days.

On Feb 22nd 2019 Pakistan's AIB reported the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by Pakistan's AIB. The aircraft entered Lahore FIR about 30nm southeast of Zhob (Pakistan) when the crew declared PAN PAN reporting a technical failure with the right hand engine. The crew subsequently requested a diversion to Lahore.

On Feb 27th 2019 the NTSB reported the right hand engine stalled in cruise flight followed by vibrations and an exhaust gas temperature overlimit warning. The engine was shut down, the aircraft diverted to Lahore. Post flight inspection revealed the engine had received damage to the low pressure turbine stage 3 blades.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 6, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Vietnam Airlines

Departure
Baku, Azerbaijan

Destination
Hanoi, Vietnam

Aircraft Registration
VN-A621

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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