Tunis A320 near Marseille on Feb 3rd 2016, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: February 4, 2016 / 17:37:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 3, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Tunisair

Flight number
TU-724

Aircraft Registration
TS-IML

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Tunis Air Airbus A320-200, registration TS-IML performing flight TU-724 from Tunis (Tunisia) to Paris Orly (France) with 86 people on board, was enroute at FL360 about 90nm northeast of Marseille (France) when the crew shut the left hand engine (CFM56) down as result of an abnormal engine indication and decided to divert to Marseille. The aircraft landed safely on Marseille's runway 31R about 30 minutes later.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration TS-IMV was dispatched to Marseille, resumed the flight as TU-7724 and reached Orly Airport with a delay of 12 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Marseille 34 hours after landing.

The airline confirmed a technical problem as cause of the diversion to Marseille.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 3, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Tunisair

Flight number
TU-724

Aircraft Registration
TS-IML

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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