Cathay B744 at Hong Kong on Nov 9th 2014, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: November 10, 2014 / 16:07:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 9, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CX-542

Aircraft Registration
B-HKU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400, registration B-HKU performing flight CX-542 from Hong Kong (China) to Tokyo Haneda (Japan), was climbing out of Hong Kong's runway 07R when the crew levelled the aircraft off at FL100 due to an engine (PW4056) failure, shut the engine down and returned to Hong Kong for a safe landing on runway 07L about 35 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 747-400 registration B-HUG reached Tokyo with a delay of 3:15 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 9, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CX-542

Aircraft Registration
B-HKU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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