Gulf A332 at Manila on Aug 5th 2016, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: August 5, 2016 / 13:20:43 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 5, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Gulf Air
Flight number
GF-155
Departure
Manila, Philippines
Destination
Bahrain, Bahrain
Aircraft Registration
A9C-KF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
The airline reported the aircraft suffered an engine (Trent 772) failure.
Emergency services reported the left hand engine showed evidence of damage due to immense heat, however, there was no need to apply fire agent after landing. A grass fire started left of runway 24 following the engine failure.
A passenger reported the left hand engine emitted a loud bang and a streak of flame.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 8 hours after landing back.
According to Gulf Air's website the flight is now estimated to reach Bahrain with a delay of 60 hours on Aug 8th 2016 at 05:20L.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 5, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Gulf Air
Flight number
GF-155
Departure
Manila, Philippines
Destination
Bahrain, Bahrain
Aircraft Registration
A9C-KF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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