Flybe DH8D near Southampton on Jan 24th 2017, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: January 24, 2017 / 20:14:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 24, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Flybe

Flight number
BE-385

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
G-ECOH

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration G-ECOH performing flight BE-385 from Southampton,EN (UK) to Dublin (Ireland), was climbing out of Southampton about 60nm south of Birmingham,EN (UK) when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine (PW150) down due to low oil pressure. The crew stopped the climb at FL130 and diverted to Birmingham for a safe landing on runway 15 about 30 minutes later.

A ground observer reported the left hand engine was shutdown upon landing, the crew had reported low engine oil pressure on tower frequency prior to landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 24, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Flybe

Flight number
BE-385

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
G-ECOH

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

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