Edelweiss A343 near Jeddah on Nov 10th 2025, engine shut down in flight after fire indication

Last Update: December 5, 2025 / 16:41:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 10, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Edelweiss Air

Flight number
WK-44

Departure
Zurich, Switzerland

Destination
Muscat, Oman

Aircraft Registration
HB-JMF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

An Edelweiss Airbus A340-300, registration HB-JMF performing flight WK-44 from Zurich (Switzerland) to Muscat (Oman), was enroute at FL390 near Sakaka (Saudi Arabia) when the crew needed to shut one of the four engines (CFM56) down and drifted down to FL330. The aircraft continued the flight to Muscat, step climbed to FL350 later on and landed safely on Muscat's runway 08L about 2:20 hours later.

A listener on frequency could not fully understand the communication with ATC in Jeddah FIR (Saudi Arabia) and remained unclear, whether it was a possible engine fire indication and/or an engine shut down.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Muscat about 30 hours after landing and is awaiting an engine change.

On Nov 13th 2025 The Aviation Herald received confirmation, that the crew had indeed received an engine fire warning, worked the related checklist and shut the engine down, and subsequently continued the flight to Muscat.

On Dec 5th 2025 Switzerland's SUST reported the occurrence had been rated an incident and is being investigated by the SUST. SUST stated: "During the flight, malfunctions occurred in engine 1 and a fire broke out. The aircraft continued its flight to Muscat with three engines operational and landed without further incident."
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
HB-JMF
Country of Registration
Switzerland
Date of Registration
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 10, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Edelweiss Air

Flight number
WK-44

Departure
Zurich, Switzerland

Destination
Muscat, Oman

Aircraft Registration
HB-JMF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

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