Caribbean AT72 at Port of Spain on Sep 18th 2016, engine fire indication on final approach

Last Update: September 19, 2016 / 21:33:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 18, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BW-1527

Aircraft Registration
9Y-TTA

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Caribbean Airlines Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration 9Y-TTA performing flight BW-1527 from Tobago to Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), was on final approach to Port of Spain's runway 10 descending through about 1200 feet AGL when the crew received a #2 engine (PW127) fire warning, shut the engine down, activated the engine fire suppression and continued for a safe landing on runway 10, the engine fire warning ceased. The aircraft vacated the runway, stopped on the adjacent taxiway and shut down. Emergency services inspected the aircraft, the passengers disembarked onto the taxiway.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Port of Spain about 26 hours after landing.

The occurrence aircraft had already suffered several more fire indications for the right hand engine, see Incident: Caribbean AT72 near Port of Spain on Oct 10th 2015, engine fire indication, Incident: Caribbean AT72 at Port of Spain on Dec 14th 2015, engine fire indication and Incident: Caribbean AT72 near Port of Spain on May 14th 2016, engine fire indication.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 18, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BW-1527

Aircraft Registration
9Y-TTA

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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