Delta A320 at Minneapolis on Dec 6th 2015, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: December 8, 2015 / 22:13:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 6, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Delta Airlines

Flight number
DL-947

Departure
Tampa, United States

Destination
Minneapolis, United States

Aircraft Registration
N327NW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Delta Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N327NW performing flight DL-947 from Tampa,FL to Minneapolis,MN (USA), was descending towards Minneapolis when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine (CFM56) down. The crew continued for a safe landing on runway 30L about 20 minutes later and vacated the runway. The crew requested emergency services to check out the left hand engine before the aircraft was towed to the apron.

A passenger reported the captain had announced they had started their descent into Minneapolis about 5 minutes before there was a loud bang followed by severe vibrations for about 20 seconds. About 5 minutes after that bang the captain announced that the loud bang had been the left hand engine failing, the engine had been shut down. The aircraft vacated the runway and stopped, emergency services checked the left hand engine, about 20 minutes later the aircraft was towed to the apron.

The passenger wrote: "I must mention that the Delta personnel were incredibly professional in handling the situation. The flight attendants were cool, calm and collected and continued to perform their landing duties as if nothing had happened. The captain kept us informed and made a beautiful landing. I was duly impressed with their professional and competent work."
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 6, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Delta Airlines

Flight number
DL-947

Departure
Tampa, United States

Destination
Minneapolis, United States

Aircraft Registration
N327NW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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