Transat A332 near Colombo on Oct 14th 2014, stalled engine

Last Update: October 21, 2014 / 21:21:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 14, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Transat

Flight number
GA-6704

Departure
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Destination
Solo, Indonesia

Aircraft Registration
C-GTSR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Air Transat Airbus A330-200 on behalf of Garuda Airlines, registration C-GTSR performing flight GA-6704 from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to Solo (Indonesia) with 386 people on board, was enroute at FL330 about 140nm eastnortheast of Colombo (Sri Lanka) when the crew received an ECAM message that the left hand engine (Trent 772) had stalled and exhibited N3 vibrations. The crew reduced power on the engine to reduce the vibrations, declared PAN and diverted to Colombo for a safe landing.

The Canadian TSB reported the engine was replaced, maintenance observed damage to the compressor section. A service difficulty report is being filed.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
A332
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 14, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Transat

Flight number
GA-6704

Departure
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Destination
Solo, Indonesia

Aircraft Registration
C-GTSR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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