1time MD83 near Durban on Aug 20th 2012, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: August 21, 2012 / 11:08:07 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 20, 2012
Classification
Incident
Flight number
T6-646
Departure
Cape Town, South Africa
Destination
Durban, South Africa
Aircraft Registration
ZS-OPZ
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
ICAO Type Designator
MD83
A replacement aircraft performed the return flight T6-647 and reached Cape Town with a delay of 2 hours.
The airline confirmed the aircraft was the same that was involved in the right hand engine failure earlier this month, following a CAA statement believed to be uncontained but proven by pictorial evidence to be contained (The Aviation Herald is still waiting for an updated statement by South Africa's CAA on this), see: Incident: 1time MD83 at Durban on Aug 5th 2012, engine shut down in flight after contained engine failure. The airline said, the two engine problems are unrelated and concerned different engines.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 20, 2012
Classification
Incident
Flight number
T6-646
Departure
Cape Town, South Africa
Destination
Durban, South Africa
Aircraft Registration
ZS-OPZ
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
ICAO Type Designator
MD83
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