Israir AT72 at Tel Aviv on May 25th 2015, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: June 2, 2015 / 15:26:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 25, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Israir

Flight number
6H-431

Destination
Eilat, Israel

Aircraft Registration
4X-ATH

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

An Israir Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration 4X-ATH performing flight 6H-431 from Tel Aviv Sde-Dov to Eilat (Israel) with 80 people on board, was climbing out of Sde-Dov Airport when the crew needed to shut an engine (PW127) down. The aircraft diverted to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport for a safe landing.

The aircraft had suffered another incident 4 days earlier, see Incident: Israir AT72 near Ovda on May 21st 2015, engine shut down in flight.

On Jun 2nd 2015 the French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin, identifying this occurrence with the time stamp but stating the occurrence happened at Eilat (which would identify the occurrence of May 21st), stating the right hand engine's oil pressure dropped prompting the crew to reduce takeoff to climb power, then working the checklists and shutting the engine down. The occurrence was rated an incident and is being investigated by Israel's accident investigation board.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 25, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Israir

Flight number
6H-431

Destination
Eilat, Israel

Aircraft Registration
4X-ATH

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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