Air France B772 near Halifax on Apr 14th 2015, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: April 27, 2015 / 20:44:25 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 14, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-6738
Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Aircraft Registration
F-GUOC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
NAV Canada reported the crew declared Mayday advising the #2 engine had failed, requested and was cleared to descend to FL220 and continued to Chicago. 51 minutes after the emergency call the crew decided to divert to Halifax, dumped fuel for 14 minutes and landed safely 29 minutes after advising they would divert to Halifax.
On Apr 27th 2015 the Canadian TSB reported the right hand engine lost complete oil pressure prompting the crew to shut the engine down as a precaution. The crew declared emergency, requested a descent, fuel dump and diversion to Halifax. Maintenance is investigating.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 14, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-6738
Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Aircraft Registration
F-GUOC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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