American B763 at London on Mar 11th 2016, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: March 11, 2016 / 16:55:20 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 11, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-87
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Aircraft Registration
N396AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
A passenger on another flight waiting for departure reported that the captain of his flight announced an American Airlines Boeing 777 had shut down an engine and was returning to Heathrow causing both runways to be shut down for the emergency. It was foggy, the passenger continued, however, the arriving aircraft became visible with light black smoke trailing the left hand engine.
The airline commented the aircraft experienced technical difficulties and returned to Heathrow.
The aircraft was later seen with mechanics working on the right hand engine, the engine had suffered surges on takeoff.
Ground observers reported three bangs and streaks of flame from the engine during departure.
Metars:
GLL 111050Z AUTO VRB02KT 2200 HZ FEW003 05/03 Q1029 BECMG 5000
EGLL 111020Z 26004KT 220V330 2200 HZ SCT002 05/03 Q1029 BECMG 4000
EGLL 110950Z 28004KT 1300 R09L/1000 R09R/P1500 HZ SCT001 05/03 Q1029 BECMG 4000
EGLL 110920Z AUTO VRB01KT 0150 R09L/0350 R09R/1300 FG BKN001 02/02 Q1029 BECMG 2000 BR SCT003
EGLL 110850Z AUTO 33003KT 0150 R09L/0275 R09R/0650 FG BKN000 02/01 Q1029 BECMG 15000 SCT003
EGLL 110820Z AUTO 35002KT 0100 R09L/0200 R09R/0400 FG BKN001 01/M00 Q1028 BECMG 1500 BR SCT003
EGLL 110750Z VRB02KT 0500 R09L/0200 R09R/1100 FG BKN001 01/00 Q1028 BECMG 1500 BR SCT002
EGLL 110720Z AUTO 35002KT 2100 HZ NCD 00/M01 Q1028 BECMG 3000
EGLL 110650Z AUTO 30002KT 1100 R09L/P1500 R09R/P1500 HZ NCD 00/M01 Q1028
EGLL 110620Z AUTO VRB02KT 2300 HZ NCD M00/M01 Q1027 TEMPO 1200 BR
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 11, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-87
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Aircraft Registration
N396AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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