Mauritius AT72 at Mauritius on Mar 4th 2026, technical problem

Last Update: March 4, 2026 / 15:27:40 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 4, 2026

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MK-120

Aircraft Registration
3B-NCP

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

An Air Mauritius Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration 3B-NCP performing flight MK-120 from Mauritius to Rodrigues Island (Mauritius) with 52 people on board, was climbing out of Mauritius when the crew stopped the climb at FL090 due to a technical problem and decided to return to Mauritius for a safe landing on runway 14 about 50 minutes after departure.

A replacement ATR-72-212A registration 3B-NCU reached Rodrigues Island with a delay of about 2 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 4, 2026

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MK-120

Aircraft Registration
3B-NCP

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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