Iran B742 near Tehran on Oct 17th 2020, sheepish engine shut down in flight

Last Update: October 19, 2020 / 14:46:11 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 17, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iran Air

Flight number
IR-4704

Departure
Adana, Turkey

Destination
Doha, Qatar

Aircraft Registration
EP-ICD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-200

ICAO Type Designator
B742

An Iran Air Boeing 747-200, registration EP-ICD performing flight IR-4704 from Adana (Turkey) to Doha (Qatar), was enroute at FL310 near Tehran (Iran) when the crew needed to shut one of the engines (CF6) down and diverted the flight to Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport.

The aircraft was unable to continue the flight, due to lack of a replacement aircraft the cargo consisting of sheep was deboarded.

The aircraft and the sheep mowing the grass at the airport remained on the ground in Tehran for about 63 hours until the aircraft was repaired and was able to continue the journey.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 17, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iran Air

Flight number
IR-4704

Departure
Adana, Turkey

Destination
Doha, Qatar

Aircraft Registration
EP-ICD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-200

ICAO Type Designator
B742

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