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

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 14, 2014

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

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

An Air France Boeing 777-200 freighter, registration F-GUOC performing flight AF-6738 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) with 3 crew, was enroute at FL320 about 230nm northeast of Halifax,NS (Canada) when the crew declared emergency reporting the failure of the right hand engine (GE90) and requested to descend to FL220 while continuing enroute to Chicago. The aircraft drifted down to FL220 and continued in the direction of Chicago, but about 50 minutes later the crew decided to turn around and divert to Halifax dumping fuel enroute to Halifax. The aircraft landed safely in Halifax about 30 minutes after the decision to divert there.

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

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

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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