PIA B772 at Lahore on Sep 15th 2019, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: February 10, 2020 / 14:43:20 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 15, 2019
Classification
Incident
Flight number
PK-759
Departure
Lahore, Pakistan
Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
AP-BGK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
The airline reported there had been no engine fire, the engine's fire loop malfunctioned.
A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration AP-BMS reached Jeddah with a delay of 3 hours.
Maintenance opened the cowls of both engines of the occurrence aircraft while investigating the causes of the return.
On Feb 10th 2020 the US NTSB reported on departure from Lahore about 5nm out the crew declared emergency reporting a right hand engine fire. The aircraft returned to Lahore for a safe landing. It was later found the engine starter had been damaged. Pakistan's AIB rated the occurrence an incident and investigating, the US NTSB have assigned an accredited representative for the state of the engine manufacturer.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 15, 2019
Classification
Incident
Flight number
PK-759
Departure
Lahore, Pakistan
Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
AP-BGK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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