SA Airlink RJ85 near Pietermaritzburg on May 18th 2016, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: May 22, 2016 / 21:36:03 GMT/Zulu time
An SA Airlink Avro RJ-85, registration ZS-SSJ performing flight 4Z-8730/SA-8730 from Pietermaritzburg to Johannesburg (South Africa), had just levelled off at cruise level 300 when one of the left hand engines (LF507) emitted a huge bang and streak o...
An SA Airlink Avro RJ-85, registration ZS-SSJ performing flight 4Z-8730/SA-8730 from Pietermaritzburg to Johannesburg (South Africa), had just levelled off at cruise level 300 when one of the left hand engines (LF507) emitted a huge bang and streak o
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 18, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
SA Airlink
Flight number
FL-342
Departure
Not revealed
Destination
Not revealed
Aircraft Registration
N343434
Aircraft Type
AVRO RJ-85 Avroliner
ICAO Type Designator
RJ85
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