Azul AT72 enroute on Jul 26th 2013, both engines shut down in flight intentionally to regain control of the aircraft
Last Update: August 9, 2013 / 21:59:31 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 26, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas
Flight number
T4-5591
Departure
Maceio, Brazil
Destination
Salvador, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
PP-PTU
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin released on Aug 8th 2013, that there were strong vibrations in both engines, the crew cut off both engines in order to regain control of the aircraft, then relighted the engines and diverted to Salvador. Brazil's CENIPA is investigating.
The airline refused any comment pointing out that CENIPA is investigating.
CENIPA did not reply to The Aviation Herald's e-mails at all. A local contact was told that CENIPA is not investigating "any recent ATR" event.
On Aug 9th 2013 Azul's Chief Pilot told The Aviation Herald that the aircraft was enroute at FL160 from Maceio to Salvador (editorial note: effectively rendering the time stamp provided by the BEA as incorrect) when strong vibrations, the cause of which the crew could not identify, prompted the crew to reduce power on both engines and initiate an emergency descent. The vibrations ceased and the crew restored normal engine power. The crew continued the flight to Salvador. So far no indication of systems or components failure has been found, moderate icing is being considered as cause of the event however has not yet been confirmed. CENIPA is investigating with full support by Azul and ATR.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 26, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas
Flight number
T4-5591
Departure
Maceio, Brazil
Destination
Salvador, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
PP-PTU
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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