SA Airlink RJ85 near Kimberley on Apr 7th 2016, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: April 8, 2016 / 22:05:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 7, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
SA Airlink

Flight number
SA-8675

Aircraft Registration
ZS-ASW

ICAO Type Designator
RJ85

A SA Airlink Avro RJ-85, registration ZS-ASW performing flight SA-8675 from Pretoria to Cape Town (South Africa), was enroute at FL330 about 70nm north of Kimberley (South Africa) when the crew declared PAN reporting the engine #2 (LF507, inboard left) had been shut down. The crew decided to divert to Johannesburg (South Africa), where the aircraft landed safely about 50 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Johannesburg 40 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 7, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
SA Airlink

Flight number
SA-8675

Aircraft Registration
ZS-ASW

ICAO Type Designator
RJ85

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