Etihad A332 near Trabzon on Apr 13th 2015, technical problem
Last Update: April 13, 2015 / 21:51:33 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 13, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Etihad Airways
Flight number
EY-45
Departure
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Destination
Dublin, Ireland
Aircraft Registration
A6-EYG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
A few media report, based on the report of a self proclaimed aviation news service, that the aircraft suffered an engine failure (later toning down to engine problem). That info of an engine failure had been tweeted by an unverified source about an hour prior to these "news" and was taken over obviously without any cross check.
The airline confirmed a technical problem prompted the return to Abu Dhabi.
A replacement Airbus A330-200 registration A6-EYN reached Dublin with a delay of 10 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 13, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Etihad Airways
Flight number
EY-45
Departure
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Destination
Dublin, Ireland
Aircraft Registration
A6-EYG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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