Asky B738 at Kinshasa on Jun 27th 2025, engine failure
Last Update: January 27, 2026 / 11:13:15 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 27, 2025
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
Asky Airlines
Flight number
KP-71
Destination
Lome, Togo
Aircraft Registration
ET-AXI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A passenger reported the aircraft developed an engine fault and returned to Kinshasa. Left without information the passengers waited until the next day until another aircraft took them to Lome, however, without luggage. They were told the luggage would come the following day (two days after the occurrence flight), however, the luggage did not show up.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Kinshasa until Jul 24th 2025 before positioning to Lome and returning to service on Jul 25th 2025.
On Jan 27th 2026 DR Congo's BPEA reported the FDR and CVR of ET-AXI had been taken to the Laboratory of the BEA France for download and decryption following a serious incident. An investigation is ongoing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 27, 2025
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
Asky Airlines
Flight number
KP-71
Destination
Lome, Togo
Aircraft Registration
ET-AXI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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