Atrak A320 near Tehran on Feb 15th 2015, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: February 16, 2015 / 16:42:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 15, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Atrak Air

Departure
Tehran Mehrabad, Iran

Destination
Bojnord, Iran

Aircraft Registration
EP-TTB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Atrak Air Airbus A320-200, registration EP-TTB performing scheduled flight from Tehran Mehrabad to Bojnord (Iran), was climbing out of Tehran when the crew received a right hand engine (V2500) fire indication, shut the engine down and activated the fire suppression and returned to Tehran for a safe landing.

The airport reported there had actually been no engine fire.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 15, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Atrak Air

Departure
Tehran Mehrabad, Iran

Destination
Bojnord, Iran

Aircraft Registration
EP-TTB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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