Pegasus B738 near Sofia on Aug 28th 2015, failed engine restarted in flight

Last Update: August 28, 2015 / 17:43:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 28, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
PC-5565

Aircraft Registration
TC-CPA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration TC-CPA performing flight PC-5565 from Antalya (Turkey) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) with 163 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 130nm north of Sofia (Bulgaria) in Romanian Airspace when the crew reported the failure of the right hand engine (CFM56) and decided to divert to Sofia. Descending towards Sofia the crew reported they had successfully restarted the right hand engine, both engines were running again. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Sofia's runway 09 about 37 minutes after leaving FL380.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 28, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
PC-5565

Aircraft Registration
TC-CPA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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