Avianca B788 over Atlantic on Dec 3rd 2024, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: December 6, 2024 / 19:08:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 3, 2024

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Avianca

Flight number
AV-121

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Bogota, Colombia

Aircraft Registration
N780AV

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

An Avianca Boeing 787-8, registration N780AV performing flight AV-121 (dep Dec 2nd) from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Bogota (Colombia), was enroute at FL380 over the Atlantic Ocean about 300nm southwest of Ponta Delgada (Portugal) when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Ponta Delgada due to problems with the right hand engine (Trent 1000) and climbed the aircraft to FL390. While heading towards Ponta Delgada the crew shut the engine down about 120nm south of Ponta Delgada, drifted down to FL260, subsequently entered holds at FL100 and FL070 and landed safely on Ponta Delgada's runway 30 about 2:25 hours after turning around.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N780AV
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 3, 2024

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Avianca

Flight number
AV-121

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Bogota, Colombia

Aircraft Registration
N780AV

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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