Hong Kong A333 at Hong Kong on Dec 11th 2016, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: December 11, 2016 / 16:45:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 11, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Hong Kong Airlines

Flight number
HX-690

Departure
Hong Kong, China

Destination
Sapporo, Japan

Aircraft Registration
B-LNP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration B-LNP performing flight HX-690 from Hong Kong (China) to Sapporo (Japan), was in the initial climb out of Hong Kong's runway 07R when the crew declared emergency reporting an engine (Trent 772) failure. The aircraft levelled off at 5000 feet and entered a hold while the crew was working the checklists, the crew reported the right hand engine was shut down. The aircraft landed safely back on runway 07L about 20 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A330-300 registration B-LNC reached Sapporo with a delay of 4:45 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 11, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Hong Kong Airlines

Flight number
HX-690

Departure
Hong Kong, China

Destination
Sapporo, Japan

Aircraft Registration
B-LNP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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