Airest SF34 at Frankfurt on Nov 2nd 2021, engine failure

Last Update: November 3, 2021 / 20:54:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 2, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AEG-640

Aircraft Registration
ES-LSA

Aircraft Type
SAAB 340

ICAO Type Designator
SF34

An Airest Saab 340A, registration ES-LSA performing flight AEG-640 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Birmingham,EN (UK), was climbing out of Frankfurt's runway 18 when the crew declared Mayday Mayday Mayday reporting their right hand engine had failed and requesting an immediate return to Frankfurt. The crew subsequently advised the engine was still running at idle power. The aircraft performed an ILS approach to runway 25L and landed safely about 13 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Frankfurt about 25 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 2, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AEG-640

Aircraft Registration
ES-LSA

Aircraft Type
SAAB 340

ICAO Type Designator
SF34

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