Caraibes A333 at Paris on Jun 15th 2016, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: June 15, 2016 / 20:50:10 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 15, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Caraibes
Flight number
TX-540
Departure
Paris Orly, France
Destination
Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe
Aircraft Registration
F-HPTP
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The airline reported the passengers were taken to hotels while waiting for a replacement aircraft estimated to depart with a delay of 11 hours.
A HiFly Malta Airbus A340-300 registration 9H-SUN is currently on the ground in Orly preparing to depart as flight TX-5640 to Guadeloupe.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 15, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Caraibes
Flight number
TX-540
Departure
Paris Orly, France
Destination
Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe
Aircraft Registration
F-HPTP
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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