THY A332 near Trabzon on Sep 22nd 2016, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: October 11, 2016 / 22:08:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 22, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
THY Turkish Airlines

Flight number
TK-711

Departure
Islamabad, Pakistan

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-JIM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration TC-JIM performing flight TK-711 from Islamabad (Pakistan) to Istanbul (Turkey), was enroute at FL380 about 110nm northeast of Trabzon (Turkey) when the crew decided to divert to Trabzon due to an engine problem, that prompted the crew to shut the engine down. The aircraft performed a safe single engine landing on Trabzon's runway 11 about 25 minutes later. The aircraft rolled to the end of the runway and attempted to turn around to backtrack the runway to the terminal, however, got stuck about 90 degrees into the turn. A tow truck was dispatched to the aircraft and towed the aircraft to the apron.

The airline had told Turkish media on Sep 22nd, the aircraft diverted due to a technical malfunction.

Tow Truck Driver Video (Video: Enes DERELÝ
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 22, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
THY Turkish Airlines

Flight number
TK-711

Departure
Islamabad, Pakistan

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-JIM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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