China Airlines B744 at Taipei on Jan 16th 2022, engine trouble

Last Update: January 16, 2022 / 23:44:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 16, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CI-5240

Aircraft Registration
B-18715

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A China Airlines Boeing 747-400, registration B-18715 performing flight CI-5240 from Taipei (Taiwan) to Anchorage,AK (USA), was climbing out of Taipei's runway 05L when the outboard right hand engine (CF6) emitted a series of bangs and streaks of flames prompting the crew to stop the climb at 7000 feet, shut the engine down, dump fuel and return to Taipei for a safe landing on runway 05L about 75 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 11 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 16, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CI-5240

Aircraft Registration
B-18715

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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