Turkmenistan B772 over Atlantic Ocean on Oct 31st 2016, engine oil low quantity

Last Update: November 7, 2016 / 21:57:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 31, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Turkmenistan Airlines

Flight number
T5-3777

Departure
Atlanta, United States

Destination
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Aircraft Registration
EZ-A777

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration EZ-A777 performing flight T5-3777 from Atlanta,GA (USA) to Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), was enroute at FL370 over the Atlantic Ocean at about N61 W39 approximately 500nm westsouthwest of Keflavik (Iceland), when the crew observed a #1 engine (GE90) low oil quantity indication and requested to descend. The aircraft descended to FL320, about 13 minutes after the request the crew declared PAN and decided to divert to Keflavik. The aircraft descended to FL280 for the flight to Keflavik and landed safely in Keflavik about 70 minutes after the PAN call.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Keflavik for about 45 hours, then resumed the flight and reached Ashgabat with a delay of about 46 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 31, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Turkmenistan Airlines

Flight number
T5-3777

Departure
Atlanta, United States

Destination
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Aircraft Registration
EZ-A777

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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