Iceland B753 at Paris on Aug 13th 2021, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: August 18, 2021 / 15:57:06 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 13, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Icelandair
Flight number
FI-542
Departure
Keflavik, Iceland
Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Aircraft Registration
TF-FIX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300
ICAO Type Designator
B753
The aircraft was unable to continue its schedule, the return flight FI-543 to Keflavik was cancelled.
A listener on frequency reported the crew declared Mayday reporting the failure of an engine, a number of other aircraft on approach were therefore assigned delay vectors.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 30.5 hours before returning back to Keflavik as flight FI-8543 maintaining FL380 enroute. The aircraft subsequently remained on the ground in Keflavik for 65 hours before returning to service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 13, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Icelandair
Flight number
FI-542
Departure
Keflavik, Iceland
Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Aircraft Registration
TF-FIX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300
ICAO Type Designator
B753
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