Zimbabwe B762 at Bangkok on Jul 1st 2020, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: July 1, 2020 / 21:36:43 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 1, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Zimbabwe
Departure
Bangkok, Thailand
Destination
Islamabad, Pakistan
Aircraft Registration
Z-WPF
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-200
ICAO Type Designator
B762
The aircraft should have picked up about 180 additional passengers at Islamabad and carry them to Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The airline reported the crew received an abnormal indication for the left hand engine and shut it down as a precaution. The aircraft carrying 17 crew and 2 passengers returned to Bangkok. The aircraft was on its flight to Islamabad to pick up another 180 passengers returning to South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 1, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Zimbabwe
Departure
Bangkok, Thailand
Destination
Islamabad, Pakistan
Aircraft Registration
Z-WPF
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-200
ICAO Type Designator
B762
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