Aeroflot A321 near Moscow on Oct 14th 2019, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: October 14, 2019 / 21:57:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 14, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-2582

Aircraft Registration
VP-BOC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

An Aeroflot Airbus A321-200, registration VP-BOC performing flight SU-2582 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 120 people on board, was step climbing to FL340 about 160nm west of Moscow when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (CFM56) down. The aircraft drifted down to FL150 and returned to Sheremetyevo for a safe landing on runway 24L about 55 minutes after stopping the climb almost at FL340.

A replacement A321-200 registration VP-BTG reached London with a delay of 3:45 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 14, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-2582

Aircraft Registration
VP-BOC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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