JAL B789 over Gulf of Thailand on Jul 26th 2017, engine trouble
Last Update: July 26, 2017 / 16:02:35 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 26, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine trouble
Airline
JAL Japan Airlines
Flight number
JL-724
Departure
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Destination
Tokyo Narita, Japan
Aircraft Registration
JA866J
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
A passenger reported the flight had been delay by about 2:40 hours due to problems while starting one of the engines (GEnx). The aircraft was finally able to depart and was about one hour into the flight when the captain announced they had trouble with an engine and needed to return to Kuala Lumpur.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kuala Lumpur about 20 hours after landing back.
A replacement Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300 registration 9M-MTI reached Tokyo as flight MH-70/JL-7092 with a delay of 11 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 26, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine trouble
Airline
JAL Japan Airlines
Flight number
JL-724
Departure
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Destination
Tokyo Narita, Japan
Aircraft Registration
JA866J
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
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