Qantas B744 over Pacific on May 12th 2019, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: May 12, 2019 / 20:57:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-26

Aircraft Registration
VH-OJU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Qantas Boeing 747-400, registration VH-OJU performing flight QF-26 (dep May 11th) from Tokyo Haneda (Japan) to Sydney,NS (Australia), was enroute at FL350 over the Pacific Ocean north of Papua New Guinea when an engine (RB211) emitted a loud bang, streaks of flame followed by sparks and was subsequently shut down by the crew. The crew drifted the aircraft down to FL290, later FL250 and diverted to Cairns,QL (Australia) where the aircraft landed safely about 135 minutes after the engine went bang.

The airline confirmed the crew shut an engine down.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-26

Aircraft Registration
VH-OJU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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