Citilink AT72 at Karachi on Aug 19th 2023, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: September 1, 2023 / 17:12:01 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 19, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Citilink Garuda Indonesia
Departure
Karachi, Pakistan
Destination
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
PK-GAD
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The aircraft, formerly owned by Garuda Indonesia, had positioned to Karachi from Indonesia on Jul 26th and Jul 27th 2023 and had been on the ground in Karachi since. The aircraft, in Citilink colours, is still on the ground about 58 hours after landing back.
On Sep 1st 2023 Pakistan's AAIB reported the aircraft was climbing through 4300 feet when the crew reported problems with the left hand engine, about a minute later they declared emergency reporting damage to the #1 engine and shut the engine down. The aircraft positioned for an ILS approach to runway 25L, reported the nature of the technical problem was damage to one of the left engine's gear boxes. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 19, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Citilink Garuda Indonesia
Departure
Karachi, Pakistan
Destination
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
PK-GAD
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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