Corendon B738 near Shimkent on May 18th 2013, navigation system failure

Last Update: May 18, 2013 / 07:03:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
IA-981

Aircraft Registration
TC-TJJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration TC-TJJ performing flight IA-981 from Antalya (Turkey) to Almaty (Kazakhstan) with 156 passengers and 8 crew, was enroute near Shimkent (Kazakhstan) when the crew diverted the aircraft to Shimkent due to the failure of the onboard navigation systems. The aircraft landed safely in Shimkent about 20 minutes later.

Following maintenance the aircraft was able to continue the flight and reached Almaty with a delay of 6 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
IA-981

Aircraft Registration
TC-TJJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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