Thomas Cook A332 near Shannon on Nov 9th 2012, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: November 18, 2012 / 16:50:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 9, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MT-174

Destination
Cayo Coco, Cuba

Aircraft Registration
G-OMYT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

A Thomas Cook Airbus A330-200, registration G-OMYT performing flight MT-174 from Manchester,EN (UK) to Cayo Coco (Cuba), was enroute at FL360 about 160nm southwest of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew decided to turn around, descended the aircraft to FL350 and returned to Manchester for a safe landing about 130 minutes after departure.

Passenger Alan Wilson reported (see user comments at Incident: Thomas Cook A332 over Atlantic on Oct 26th 2012, engine shut down in flight) that he heard a loud bang in the cabin. The captain later reported the right hand engine (Trent 772) had stalled, had been restarted but needed a check.

A replacement Airbus A330-200 registration G-MDBD reached Cayo Coco with a delay of 23 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 9, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MT-174

Destination
Cayo Coco, Cuba

Aircraft Registration
G-OMYT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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