Cebu Pacific AT72 at Mactan on Nov 1st 2018, engine fire

Last Update: November 15, 2018 / 16:14:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DG-6717

Aircraft Registration
RP-C7285

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Cebu Pacific Air Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration RP-C7285 performing flight DG-6717 from Cebu City to Cagayan de Oro (Philippines), was in the initial climb out of Cebu City's runway 04 when the crew received indication of a fire in the right hand engine (PW127), levelled off at 4000 feet, shut the engine down, performed the fire drill and returned to Cebu City for a safe landing on runway 04 about 25 minutes after departure.

The Philippines AIB rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DG-6717

Aircraft Registration
RP-C7285

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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