China Airlines A359 over South China Sea on Apr 13th 2025, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: April 13, 2025 / 13:17:25 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 13, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CI-753

Aircraft Registration
B-18908

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

A China Airlines Airbus A350-900, registration B-18908 performing flight CI-753 from Taipei (Taiwan) to Singapore (Singapore), was enroute at FL390 over the South China Sea about 220nm northeast of Nha Trang (Vietnam) when the crew decided to return to Taiwan due to the failure of the right hand engine (Trent) and shut the engine down. The aircraft drifted down to FL240, turned around and diverted to Kaohsiung (Taiwan) for a safe landing on runway 09 about 3 hours after leaving FL390.

A replacement A330-300 registration B-18306 is estimated to reach Singapore with a delay of about 9 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kaohsiung about 6.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 13, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CI-753

Aircraft Registration
B-18908

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

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