Xiamen B788 near Nanchang on Feb 17th 2016, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: April 20, 2016 / 23:20:32 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 17, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MF-8106

Destination
Xiamen, China

Aircraft Registration
B-2763

ICAO Type Designator
B788

A Xiamen Airlines Boeing 787-800, registration B-2763 performing flight MF-8106 from Beijing to Xiamen (China), was enroute at 12,500 meters (FL411) about 160nm north of Nanchang (China) when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (GEnx) due to an oil indication. The aircraft drifted down and diverted to Nanchang for a safe landing.

On Apr 20th 2016 The Aviation Herald learned the engine was leaking oil.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 17, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MF-8106

Destination
Xiamen, China

Aircraft Registration
B-2763

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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