Aeroflot A332 near Tromso on Jul 5th 2012, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: July 6, 2012 / 13:13:13 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 5, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-107

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BBF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Aeroflot Airbus A330-200, registration VQ-BBF performing flight SU-107 from Los Angeles,CA to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia), was enroute at FL370 about 140nm southeast of Tromso (Norway), about 460nm north of Helsinki (Finland), 530nm north of Stockholm (Sweden) and 560nm north of Oslo (Norway), when the crew reported engine (Trent 772) trouble and subsequently reported the engine had been shut down. The aircraft drifted down to FL250 and continued about 800nm to Moscow Sheremetyevo for a safe landing on runway 07L about 130 minutes later.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 5, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-107

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BBF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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