THY A333 at Istanbul on Sep 8th 2021, engine problem
Last Update: September 12, 2021 / 10:07:15 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 8, 2021
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-42
Departure
Istanbul, Turkey
Destination
Johannesburg, South Africa
Aircraft Registration
TC-JOB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
A replacement A330-300 registration TC-JNK departed Istanbul about 5 hours after TC-JOB landed and is estimated to reach Johannesburg with a delay of about 9:45 hours.
A passenger reported the left hand engine emitted large booms, it also emitted streaks of flames through the engine inlet for about 20 seconds. Some time later the captain announced they'd return to Istanbul due to a technical problem and would be holding to burn off fuel.
On Sep 12th 2021 the captain of the flight told The Aviation Herald, that other than initial information available to The Aviation Herald the left hand engine had not been shut down in flight, however, became limited in thrust.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 8, 2021
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-42
Departure
Istanbul, Turkey
Destination
Johannesburg, South Africa
Aircraft Registration
TC-JOB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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