France A320 at Tel Aviv on Jan 7th 2020, engine failure

Last Update: January 8, 2020 / 20:52:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 7, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1121

Aircraft Registration
F-GKXJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Air France Airbus A320-200, registration F-GKXJ performing flight AF-1121 from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was climbing through about FL115 out of Tel Aviv's runway 26 when one of the engines (CFM56) failed. The crew stopped the climb at FL120 and returned to Tel Aviv for a safe landing on runway 12 about 25 minutes after departure.

The airline reported the aircraft returned to Tel Aviv due to the failure of one of the engines.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 7, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1121

Aircraft Registration
F-GKXJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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