Grand Cru B733 near Heraklion on Aug 18th 2014, engine problems
Last Update: August 22, 2014 / 13:31:57 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 17, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
Grand Cru Airlines
Flight number
K2-6375
Departure
Heraklion, Greece
Destination
Gdansk, Poland
Aircraft Registration
LY-LGC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
Airport ICAO Code
LGIR
The airline reported the captain received indication of a malfunction in one of the systems and decided to return to Heraklion as a precaution.
Passengers reported the aircraft had departed normally, but a few minutes after becoming airborne the aircraft began to oscillate yawing left and right, rolling left and right and the engines were continuously spooling up and down. The aircraft returned to Heraklion for a landing the passengers described as "not soft".
A 4YOU Airlines Airbus A320-200 registration UR-YAD reached Gdansk with a delay of 18 hours.
The occurrence aircraft was able to ferry out of Heraklion after about 34 hours on the ground and positioned to Gdansk. The aircraft resumed service about 50 hours after the occurrence.
On Aug 22nd 2014 Greece's AAIASB (Hellenic Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board) reported that the crew received an overheat indication for the left hand engine (CFM56). Following repairs the aircraft was able to ferry out the following day. The AAIASB rated the occurrence an incident and did not open an investigation.
Metars:
LGIR 180150Z 34015KT CAVOK 27/20 Q1007 NOSIG
LGIR 180050Z 30012KT CAVOK 27/21 Q1006 NOSIG
LGIR 172350Z 30013KT CAVOK 27/21 Q1006 NOSIG
LGIR 172320Z 29009KT CAVOK 27/20 Q1006 NOSIG
LGIR 172250Z 29012KT CAVOK 27/20 Q1006 NOSIG
LGIR 172220Z 30010KT CAVOK 27/20 Q1006 NOSIG
LGIR 172150Z 30011KT CAVOK 27/20 Q1006 NOSIG
LGIR 172120Z 29010KT CAVOK 27/19 Q1006 NOSIG
LGIR 172050Z 30011KT CAVOK 27/19 Q1006 NOSIG
LGIR 172020Z 28017KT CAVOK 27/18 Q1006 NOSIG
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 17, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
Grand Cru Airlines
Flight number
K2-6375
Departure
Heraklion, Greece
Destination
Gdansk, Poland
Aircraft Registration
LY-LGC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
Airport ICAO Code
LGIR
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