British Airways B763 near Entebbe on Jan 14th 2013, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: January 15, 2013 / 13:42:38 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 14, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-254

Aircraft Registration
G-BNWO

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A British Airways Boeing 767-300, registration G-BNWO performing flight BA-254 from Lusaka (Zambia) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute near Entebbe (Uganda) when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (RB211) down and divert to Entebbe for a safe landing.

The remaining flight was cancelled. The passengers were taken to hotels, a few were rebooked onto other flights to London via Nairobi (Kenya) the same day. The following day flight BA-46 from Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) flown by Boeing 767-300 registration G-BNWC was diverted to Entebbe to pick up a good number of passengers of flight BA-254. The remaining passengers were rebooked onto other flights to London via Nairobi, too.

Passengers reported hearing a thud type sound, soon after a smell of burning cables developed, the aircraft began to descend. The purser made an announcement that one of the engines had failed, a couple of minutes later the captain announced their right hand engine had failed and they were dumping fuel. The aircraft landed safely in Entebbe but became disabled while taxiing to the apron, the captain indicated high brakes temperatures burst a number of tyres.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 14, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-254

Aircraft Registration
G-BNWO

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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