Yemenia A320 near Jeddah on Jul 27th 2020, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: July 27, 2020 / 21:31:22 GMT/Zulu time
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
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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