Algerie B738 near Cairo on Dec 2nd 2019, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: December 2, 2019 / 23:52:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AH-4411

Destination
Annaba, Algeria

Aircraft Registration
7T-VKH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Air Algerie Boeing 737-800, registration 7T-VKH performing flight AH-4411 from Madinah (Saudi Arabia) to Annaba (Algeria), was enroute at FL340 about 30nm northwest of Cairo (Egypt) when the right hand engine (CFM56) flamed out and needed to be shut down. The aircraft diverted to Cairo, descended to FL090 to burn off fuel and landed safely on Cairo's runway 05C about 2:50 hours later.

The passengers were rebooked onto regular flight AH-4038 performed by Airbus A330-200 registration 7T-VJV from Cairo to Algier (Algeria), which made an intermediate stop in Annaba delivering the passengers to their destination with a delay of about 12 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AH-4411

Destination
Annaba, Algeria

Aircraft Registration
7T-VKH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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