Flydubai B738 at Hail on May 5th 2016, sand and gravel ingested into both engines
Last Update: May 5, 2016 / 21:10:50 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 5, 2016
Classification
Accident
Airline
Flydubai
Flight number
FZ-885
Departure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Destination
Hail, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
A6-FDY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The aircraft however was unable to depart for the return flight due to ingestion of large amounts of sand and gravel into both engines (CFM56).
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration A6-FDZ was dispatched to Hail as flight FZ-8885 carrying a maintenance team and spares and is estimated to perform the return flight FZ-886 early May 6th.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 5, 2016
Classification
Accident
Airline
Flydubai
Flight number
FZ-885
Departure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Destination
Hail, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
A6-FDY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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