Caribbean AT72 at Port of Spain on Oct 24th 2016, engine fire indication
Last Update: October 24, 2016 / 21:29:56 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 24, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine fire indication
Airline
Caribbean Airlines
Flight number
BW-1517
Departure
Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Destination
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Aircraft Registration
9Y-TTA
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The aircraft had suffered several similiar occurrences already, see Incident: Caribbean AT72 at Port of Spain on Sep 18th 2016, engine fire indication on final approach, Incident: Caribbean AT72 at Port of Spain on Dec 14th 2015, engine fire indication, Incident: Caribbean AT72 near Port of Spain on Oct 10th 2015, engine fire indication and Incident: Caribbean AT72 near Port of Spain on May 14th 2016, engine fire indication. Following the occurrence of Sep 18th 2016 the aircraft had undergone a thorough engineering inspection by the operator as well as ATR and had returned to service on Oct 13th 2016 only.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 24, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine fire indication
Airline
Caribbean Airlines
Flight number
BW-1517
Departure
Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Destination
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Aircraft Registration
9Y-TTA
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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