British Airways B772 at Kuwait on Jun 16th 2017, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: June 19, 2017 / 21:26:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 16, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA156

Aircraft Registration
G-VIIH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-VIIH performing flight BA156 from Kuwait (Kuwait) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was climbing out of Kuwait when the crew stopped the climb at FL160 reporting an engine (GE90) failure. The crew shut the engine down and returned to Kuwait for a safe landing on runway 33R about 45 minutes after departure.

Passengers reported the captain announced they had needed to shut one engine down.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kuwait about 87 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 16, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA156

Aircraft Registration
G-VIIH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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