Cargolux Italia B744 at Amsterdam on Aug 18th 2019, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: August 18, 2019 / 21:07:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 18, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Cargolux Italia

Departure
Nairobi, Kenya

Destination
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Aircraft Registration
LX-TCV

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Cargolux Italia Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration LX-TCV performing freight flight CV-7156 from Nairobi (Kenya) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was descending through FL310 towards Amsterdam when the crew reported the failure of the #1 engine (RB211, outboard left hand) and shut the engine down. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Amsterdam's runway 18R about 25 minutes later. Emergency services reported everything looked normal.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 4.5 hours, then continued the flight to Luxembourg.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 18, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Cargolux Italia

Departure
Nairobi, Kenya

Destination
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Aircraft Registration
LX-TCV

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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