Brussels A333 near Dublin on Nov 19th 2021, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: November 19, 2021 / 21:43:17 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 19, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Brussels Airlines

Flight number
SN-501

Departure
Brussels, Belgium

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
OO-SFG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration OO-SFG performing flight SN-501 from Brussels (Belgium) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 164 passengers and 10 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 140nm southsouthwest of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew reported an engine (Trent 772) was shut down and they wanted to divert to Shannon. The aircraft drifted down to FL230. Enroute to Shannon the crew advised their dispatch requested them to divert to Dublin and changed their destination to Dublin. The aircraft entered a hold to burn off fuel and landed safely on Dublin's runway 28L about 70 minutes after leaving FL370.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Dublin about 8 hours after landing.

The airline reported one of the engines lost power and was shut down by the crew.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 19, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Brussels Airlines

Flight number
SN-501

Departure
Brussels, Belgium

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
OO-SFG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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