RAF AN26 at St. Petersburg on Apr 26th 2021, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: April 26, 2021 / 15:24:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 26, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
RAF-Avia

Aircraft Registration
YL-RAC

Aircraft Type
Antonov An-26

ICAO Type Designator
AN26

A RAF Avia Antonov AN-26, registration YL-RAC performing freight flight MTL-9560 from Helsinki (Finland) to St. Petersburg (Russia) with 4 crew, was on approach to St. Petersburg's runway 28L descending through about 8000 feet when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine (AI-24) down. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 28L about 11 minutes later.

Rosaviatsia reported the crew shut the left hand engine down due to some problem and declared emergency.

North-West Transportation Prosecution office is investigating the causes of the engine shut down.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 26, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
RAF-Avia

Aircraft Registration
YL-RAC

Aircraft Type
Antonov An-26

ICAO Type Designator
AN26

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