India B773 near Vienna on May 7th 2019, engine problem

Last Update: May 9, 2019 / 20:50:51 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-131

Departure
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ALN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

An Air India Boeing 777-300, registration VT-ALN performing flight AI-131 from Mumbai (India) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute at FL340 over Romania about to enter Hungarian Airspace when the crew requested to divert to Vienna (Austria) reporting a minor technical problem with one of the engines (GE90). The aircraft maintained FL340 until top of descent into Vienna and landed safely on Vienna's runway 34.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Vienna for 35 hours, then continued the flight as AI-131D and reached London with a delay of 35 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-131

Departure
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ALN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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