Transat B738 near Orlando on Nov 16th 2019, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: November 18, 2019 / 21:28:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 16, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TS-691

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GTQC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Air Transat Boeing 737-800, registration C-GTQC performing flight TS-691 from Santa Clara (Cuba) to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 178 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 40nm north of Orlando,FL (USA) when the crew needed to shut one of the engines (CFM56) down. The aircraft diverted to Orlando for a safe landing on runway 36R about 32 minutes later. The crew advised after landing no further assistance was needed and taxied to the apron.

On Nov 18th 2019 the Canadian TSB reported the crew received a "Eng low oil quantity" warning for the right hand engine, the oil pressure was slowly decreasing. The crew declared PAN PAN and requested to divert to Orlando. Shortly after initiating the descent the oil pressure fell to 24-25 psi with a flickering amber indication shortly followed by an "engine fail" indication, the right hand engine failed. The crew declared Mayday, shut the engine down and continued for a safe landing in Orlando.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 16, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TS-691

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GTQC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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