Dragonair A333 near Xiamen on Oct 30th 2012, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: October 31, 2012 / 15:08:38 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 30, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Dragonair
Departure
Shanghai Hongqiao, China
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto flight KA-605 from Xiamen to Hong Kong and reached their destination with a delay of 5.5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 30, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Dragonair
Departure
Shanghai Hongqiao, China
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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