Iberia A320 near Zaragossa on Mar 17th 2024, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: March 17, 2024 / 22:06:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 17, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iberia

Flight number
IB-6493

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-LVD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Iberia Airbus A320-200, registration EC-LVD performing flight IB-6493 from Geneva (Switzerland) to Madrid,SP (Spain), was enroute at FL350 about 180nm northeast of Zaragoza,SP (Spain) still in French Airspace when the crew declared emergency reporting engine (CFM56) problems and descended the aircraft to FL290. Subsequently the crew shut the engine down, drifted down and diverted to Zaragoza for a safe landing on runway 30R about 45 minutes after leaving FL350.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 17, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iberia

Flight number
IB-6493

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-LVD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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