Iceland B752 near Keflavik on Aug 16th 2020, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: August 16, 2020 / 21:56:50 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 16, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Icelandair

Flight number
FI-510

Destination
Hamburg, Germany

Aircraft Registration
TF-ISD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

An Iceland Air Boeing 757-200, registration TF-ISD performing flight FI-510 from Keflavik (Iceland) to Hamburg (Germany) with 150 people on board, had just levelled off at cruise FL310 about 120nm east of Keflavik when the crew received an engine (RB211) fault indication, shut the engine down, drifted down to FL210 and returned to Keflavik for a safe landing on runway 10 about 55 minutes after departure.

The airline reported a technical problem prompted the return to Keflavik.

A replacement Boeing 757-200 registration TF-ISY reached Hamburg with a delay of about 3 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground 12 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 16, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Icelandair

Flight number
FI-510

Destination
Hamburg, Germany

Aircraft Registration
TF-ISD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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