Lift A320 at Cape Town on Oct 5th 2025, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: October 6, 2025 / 15:00:11 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 5, 2025

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Lift Airlines

Flight number
GE-130

Departure
Cape Town, South Africa

Destination
Johannesburg, South Africa

Aircraft Registration
ZS-GAL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Lift Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration ZS-GAL performing flight GE-130 from Cape Town to Johannesburg (South Africa), was climbing out of Cape Town's runway 01 when the left hand engine (V2500) emitted a loud bang. The crew stopped the climb at 3000 feet, shut the engine down and returned to Cape Town for a safe landing on runway 01 about 25 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration ZS-GAS reached Johannesburg with a delay of about 2:45 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Cape Town about 33.5 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 5, 2025

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Lift Airlines

Flight number
GE-130

Departure
Cape Town, South Africa

Destination
Johannesburg, South Africa

Aircraft Registration
ZS-GAL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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