CSA AT72 at Budapest on Oct 2nd 2013, engine fire

Last Update: October 2, 2013 / 19:45:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 2, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OK-787

Aircraft Registration
OK-YFT

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A CSA Czech Airlines Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-200, registration OK-YFT performing flight OK-787 from Budapest (Hungary) to Prague (Czech Republic) with 33 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing through about 3000 feet out of Budapest's runway 31R when the crew, audibly on oxygen masks, declared Mayday reporting smoke in the aircraft and requested an immediate return to runway 31R for a landing as soon as possible. Another aircraft was immediately pulled off the approach and sent into a hold, several more aircraft also were sent to holds. About a minute after the initial emergency call the crew reported they had an engine fire on the left hand engine, the engine had been shut down and the fire suppression systems had been discharged, the fire appeared to have been extinguished, in the stress of the situation the crew reported 330 passengers and 4 crew on board. The aircraft landed safely on runway 31R about 10 minutes after departure and stopped on the runway where emergency services checked the aircraft before it continued to the apron.

Budapest Airport was closed for about 30 minutes as result of the emergency due to one runway out of service for maintenance and the other kept sterile for the emergency and subsequent checks. Two aircraft diverted to Bratislava as result of the delay.

The airline confirmed the crew received an engine fire indication, shut the engine down and returned to Budapest.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto the next flight.

On Oct 8th 2013 the French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that after departure the crew noticed smell of smoke and smoke coming from the left hand engine, the left hand engine's fire indication activated, the engine's low oil pressure activated and the engine stalled. The crew shut the engine down and returned to Budapest. After landing investigators found a number of fractured turbine vanes. Hungary's Transportation Safety Board is investigating the occurrence rated a serious incident.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 2, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OK-787

Aircraft Registration
OK-YFT

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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