LATAM A319 near Sao Paulo on Mar 9th 2020, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: March 25, 2020 / 18:16:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 9, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
LA-3146

Destination
Curitiba, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-MAL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A LATAM Brasil Airbus A319-100, registration PR-MAL performing flight LA-3146 from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ to Curitiba,PR (Brazil) with 125 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing through FL343 when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (V2524) down after the crew had received a low oil quantity indication then followed by a low oil pressure indication for the right hand engine. The crew diverted to Sao Paulo's Guarulhos Airport,SP (Brazil) for a safe landing on runway 09R about 30 minutes after stopping the climb.

Brazil's CENIPA reported that following the low engine oil quantity indication and the later low oil pressure indication the crew performed a precautionary shut down of the engine and diverted to Guarulhos Airport.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 9, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
LA-3146

Destination
Curitiba, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-MAL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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