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
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 14, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-254
Departure
Lusaka, Zambia
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-BNWO
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-254
Departure
Lusaka, Zambia
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-BNWO
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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