European Charter MD82 near Sofia on Jul 7th 2021, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: July 8, 2021 / 14:25:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 7, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
1T-8339

Destination
Linz, Austria

Aircraft Registration
LZ-LDJ

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

A European Air Charter McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration LZ-LDJ performing flight 1T-8339 from Heraklion (Greece) to Linz (Austria) with 103 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL340 about 180nm southwest of Sofia (Bulgaria) in Albanian Airspace when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (JT8D) down. The crew decided to divert to Sofia, drifted down and landed safely on Sofia's runway 09 about 45 minutes after leaving FL340.

A replacement A320-200 registration LZ-LAA reached Linz with a delay of about 3 hours.

Austrianwings reported European Air Charter set up a temporary home base at Linz Airport.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 7, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
1T-8339

Destination
Linz, Austria

Aircraft Registration
LZ-LDJ

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

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