Icelandair B752 near Edmonton on Feb 9th 2013, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: February 11, 2013 / 21:22:15 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 9, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Icelandair
Flight number
FI-680
Departure
Seattle, United States
Destination
Keflavik, Iceland
Aircraft Registration
TF-FIV
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
The airline confirmed an engine failure prompted the diversion to Edmonton. The passengers were taken to hotels. Another aircraft is being dispatched to Edmonton to resume the flight.
The Canadian TSB reported on Feb 11th that maintenance determined a strut valve had failed causing the right hand engine to fail.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 9, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Icelandair
Flight number
FI-680
Departure
Seattle, United States
Destination
Keflavik, Iceland
Aircraft Registration
TF-FIV
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
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