Transaero B763 near Moscow on Jul 12th 2012, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: July 13, 2012 / 13:39:02 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 12, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UN-157

Aircraft Registration
EI-DFS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A Transaero Boeing 767-300, registration EI-DFS performing flight UN-157 from Moscow Domodedovo to Krasnoyarsk (Russia) with 201 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 470nm eastnortheast of Moscow when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine down. The aircraft drifted down to FL200 and returned to Moscow Domodedovo for a safe landing about 90 minutes later.

The flight was cancelled.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 12, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UN-157

Aircraft Registration
EI-DFS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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