Tunis A332 near Madinah on Feb 27th 2016, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: February 28, 2016 / 17:06:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 27, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Tunisair

Flight number
TU-914

Destination
Tunis, Tunisia

Aircraft Registration
TS-IFN

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

A Tunis Air Airbus A330-200, registration TS-IFN performing flight TU-914 from Madinah (Saudi Arabia) to Tunis (Tunisia), was climbing through FL320 out of Madinah when the left hand engine (Trent 772) flamed out prompting the crew to secure the engine and return to Madinah for a safe landing on runway 35 about 40 minutes after departure.

A replacement A330-200 registration TS-IFM was dispatched from Tunis to Madinah as flight TU-6003, resumed the flight as TU-6004 and reached Tunis with a delay of 20 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 27, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Tunisair

Flight number
TU-914

Destination
Tunis, Tunisia

Aircraft Registration
TS-IFN

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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