Laudamotion A320 at Malaga on Jan 2nd 2020, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: January 3, 2020 / 18:09:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 2, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Laudamotion

Flight number
OE-3225

Departure
Malaga, Spain

Destination
Dusseldorf, Germany

Aircraft Registration
OE-LOX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Laudamotion Airbus A320-200, registration OE-LOX performing flight OE-3225 from Malaga,SP (Spain) to Dusseldorf (Germany), was in the initial climb out of Malaga's runway 13 when the crew stopped the climb at about 6500 feet due to abnormal indications for the right hand engine (CFM56). The crew shut the engine down and returned to Malaga for a safe landing on runway 31 (runway 13 active) about 25 minutes after departure.

The airline reported a warning indication illuminted for one of the engines. The aircraft retuned to Malaga, the passengers disembarked normally. A replacement Ryanair aircraft has been dispatched to Malaga.

A replacement Ryanair Boeing 737-800 registration EI-EBR reached Dusseldorf with a delay of 5.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 12 hours after landing.

A ground observer on the ground in Malaga reported maintenance opened the cowls of engine #2 immediately after the aircraft returned back on stand.

On Jan 3rd 2020 Austrianwings reported the crew received a low oil pressure indication as well as a low engine oil quantity indication. The right hand engine lost all engine oil within seconds.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 2, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Laudamotion

Flight number
OE-3225

Departure
Malaga, Spain

Destination
Dusseldorf, Germany

Aircraft Registration
OE-LOX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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