United B764 near Shannon on Feb 12th 2016, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: February 12, 2016 / 17:19:01 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 12, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-102

Departure
Houston Intercontinental, United States

Destination
Munich, Germany

Aircraft Registration
N76055

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-400

ICAO Type Designator
B764

A United Boeing 767-400, registration N76055 performing flight UA-102 from Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA) to Munich (Germany) with 98 passengers and 13 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 160nm west of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew declared PAN reporting an engine (CF6) problem and decided to divert to Shannon (Ireland) advising the engine had been shut down. On approach ATC queried the crew to check their altitude reminding them of QNH 992 and advising the crew their aircraft was at 2000 feet, already below cleared altitude (about 15nm before touchdown), then followed up with the instruction "Stop descent!" The aircraft subsequently climbed by about 1500 feet and landed safely on Shannon's runway 06 about 30 minutes after leaving FL370. Fire crews and engineers attended to the left hand engine.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 12, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-102

Departure
Houston Intercontinental, United States

Destination
Munich, Germany

Aircraft Registration
N76055

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-400

ICAO Type Designator
B764

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