Yemenia A320 near Jeddah on Jul 27th 2020, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: July 27, 2020 / 21:31:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 27, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Yemenia

Flight number
IY-608

Departure
Aden, Yemen

Destination
Cairo, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
7O-AFB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Yemenia Airbus A320-200, registration 7O-AFB performing flight IY-608 from Aden (Yemen) to Cairo (Egypt) with 156 people on board, was climbing out of Aden when the crew stopped the climb at FL280 but continued in direction of Cairo. The crew subsequently needed to shut one of the engines (V2527) down, descended the aircraft to FL190 and diverted to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) for a safe landing.

Passengers reported the captain announced one of the engines had stopped working.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 8.5 hours while it was determined the indication prompting the engine shut down was false, the engine had no defect whatsoever and necessary repairs on the indication system were made. The aircraft subsequently continued the flight to Cairo.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 27, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Yemenia

Flight number
IY-608

Departure
Aden, Yemen

Destination
Cairo, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
7O-AFB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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