Jota RJ85 near Lisbon on Dec 8th 2020, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: December 9, 2020 / 12:24:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 8, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Flight number
ENZ-422

Departure
London Farnborough, United Kingdom

Destination
Lisbon, Portugal

Aircraft Registration
G-JOTR

Aircraft Type
AVRO RJ-85 Avroliner

ICAO Type Designator
RJ85

A Jota Airlines Avro RJ-85, registration G-JOTR performing flight ENZ-422 from London Farnborough,EN (UK) to Lisbon (Portugal), was enroute at FL330 over the Gulf of Biscay about 350nm northnortheast of Lisbon when the crew drifted the aircraft down to FL290. About 15 minutes later the aircraft drifted further down to FL250, the crew reported an engine (LF507) had to be shut down. The aircraft continued to Lisbon for a safe landing about 65 minutes after leaving FL330 and about 50 minutes after leaving FL290.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Lisbon about 18 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 8, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Flight number
ENZ-422

Departure
London Farnborough, United Kingdom

Destination
Lisbon, Portugal

Aircraft Registration
G-JOTR

Aircraft Type
AVRO RJ-85 Avroliner

ICAO Type Designator
RJ85

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