Tanzania BCS3 near Mwanza on Sep 25th 2019, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: September 30, 2019 / 22:35:40 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 25, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Tanzania
Flight number
TC-123
Departure
Mwanza, Tanzania
Destination
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Aircraft Registration
5H-TCH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300
ICAO Type Designator
BCS3
A passenger reported there had been a sudden engine failure on their flight TC-123 of Sep 25th 2019 (local media claimed the engine failure happened on Sep 26th 2019 while climbing through 7500 feet resulting in an immediate return to Mwanza but showing a radar plot of the occurrence flight with the aircraft southeast of Maswa Game Reserve about 140nm southeast of Mwanza). The pilot saved their lives.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Mwanza for about 90 hours, then returned to service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 25, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Tanzania
Flight number
TC-123
Departure
Mwanza, Tanzania
Destination
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Aircraft Registration
5H-TCH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300
ICAO Type Designator
BCS3
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