Anadolujet B738 at Kars on Sep 27th 2020, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: September 27, 2020 / 22:06:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 27, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Anadolujet

Flight number
TK-7091

Departure
Kars, Turkey

Destination
Ankara, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-JZO

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Anadolujet Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Turkish Airlines, registration TC-JZO performing flight TK-7091 from Kars to Ankara (Turkey), was climbing out of one of Kars' runways 24 when the crew levelled off at about 12,000 feet due to the left hand engine (CFM56) failing with a large boom and streaks of flames. The engine was shut down, the aircraft returned to Kars for a safe landing on one of Kars' runways 06 about 30 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

There are reported around that flight TK-7301 from Kars to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen (Turkey) returned to Kars with the left hand engine shut down because of a bird strike, however, that flight TK-7301 proceeded to Istanbul normally and landed at Sabiha Gokcen without any trouble.

The only flight that returned to Kars and was subsequently cancelled was TK-7091.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 27, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Anadolujet

Flight number
TK-7091

Departure
Kars, Turkey

Destination
Ankara, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-JZO

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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