Africa Airlines AT72 at Brazzaville on Jul 29th 2023, engine fire indication

Last Update: August 10, 2023 / 16:07:42 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 29, 2023

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine fire indication

Airline
Africa Airlines

Departure
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Destination
Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo

Aircraft Registration
TN-AKA

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

An Africa Airlines Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration TN-AKA performing AW-102 or AW-104 from Brazzaville to Pointe Noire (Congo), was climbing through about FL140 out of Brazzaville when the fire alarm for the left hand engine (PW127F) sounded. The crew worked the related checklist, shut the engine down and continued to Pointe Noire on one engine for a safe landing.

Congo's BEA rated the occurrence an incident and opened an investigation.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 29, 2023

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine fire indication

Airline
Africa Airlines

Departure
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Destination
Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo

Aircraft Registration
TN-AKA

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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