Ethiopian B788 over Atlantic on Oct 23rd 2015, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: October 23, 2015 / 14:43:50 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 23, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ethiopian Airlines
Flight number
ET-500
Departure
Dublin, Ireland
Destination
Washington Dulles, United States
Aircraft Registration
ET-ARF
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
The airline confirmed a defect with the left hand engine prompted the return to Dublin. The cause of the technical defect is under examination by engineers in cooperation with GE.
A replacement Boeing 787-800 registration ET-AOQ was dispatched to Dublin as flight ET-9201, has just arrived and is estimated to continue the flight with a delay of about 11 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 23, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ethiopian Airlines
Flight number
ET-500
Departure
Dublin, Ireland
Destination
Washington Dulles, United States
Aircraft Registration
ET-ARF
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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