Transasia AT72 near Taipei on May 21st 2015, engine failure
Last Update: May 22, 2015 / 04:56:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 21, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
Transasia Airways
Flight number
GE-5042
Departure
Makung, Taiwan
Destination
Taipei Songshan, Taiwan
Aircraft Registration
B-22806
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The aircraft is still on the ground at Songshan Airport, the airline cancelled a number of flights in the afternoon as result.
Taiwan's media identify an ATR-72-500 performing flight GE-504 arriving in Songshan at 12:58L. Radar data identify GE-504 was flown by B-22818 (ATR-72-600) and arrived at 11:58L, the aircraft continued service departing Songshan Airport again 45 minutes after landing.
Transasia reported the left hand engine suddenly failed enroute, the crew followed standard operating procedures and was able to restart the engine. The aircraft continued to Taipei's Songshan Airport on both engines.
Taiwan's ASC reported the engine had been installed as new on the aircraft in Oct 2014 and had since accumulated 1560 flight hours. An investigation has been opened.
The occurrence aircraft had another similiar occurrence 3 months earlier, see Incident: Transasia AT72 at Taipei on Feb 21st 2015, engine loses power, which was attributed to false indications of a sensor system.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 21, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
Transasia Airways
Flight number
GE-5042
Departure
Makung, Taiwan
Destination
Taipei Songshan, Taiwan
Aircraft Registration
B-22806
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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