Argentinas A343 near Buenos Aires on Dec 18th 2015, engine problems

Last Update: December 19, 2015 / 19:18:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 18, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine problem

Airline
Aerolineas Argentinas

Flight number
AR-1160

Departure
Buenos Aires Ezeiza

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
LV-CSF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

Airport
Ministro Pistarini International Airport, Ezeiza

Airport ICAO Code
SAEZ

An Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340-300, registration LV-CSF performing flight AR-1160 (dep Dec 17th) from Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA (Argentinas) to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was climbing through FL290 out of Ezeiza Airport when the crew levelled off at FL290 due to a problem with one of the engines (CFM56) and decided to return to Buenos Aires. The aircraft dumped fuel at 8000 feet. On final approach to Ezeiza's runway 35 the crew went around from about 500 feet AGL due to changing winds, the aircraft positioned for an approach to runway 17 and landed safely about 2 hours after stopping the climb.

A replacement Airbus A340-300 registration LV-FPV reached Barcelona with a delay of 13 hours.

Metars:
SAEZ 180900Z 20005KT CAVOK 18/16 Q1009
SAEZ 180800Z 18008KT CAVOK 17/15 Q1007
SAEZ 180700Z 18010KT 150V220 CAVOK 18/16 Q1007
SAEZ 180600Z 18010KT CAVOK 18/16 Q1006
SAEZ 180500Z 23006KT CAVOK 18/15 Q1006
SAEZ 180400Z 25004KT CAVOK 18/16 Q1006
SAEZ 180300Z 26004KT CAVOK 19/16 Q1006
SAEZ 180200Z 27004KT CAVOK 20/17 Q1006
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 18, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine problem

Airline
Aerolineas Argentinas

Flight number
AR-1160

Departure
Buenos Aires Ezeiza

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
LV-CSF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

Airport
Ministro Pistarini International Airport, Ezeiza

Airport ICAO Code
SAEZ

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