Delta A320 at Minneapolis on Dec 6th 2015, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: December 8, 2015 / 22:13:20 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 6, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-947
Departure
Tampa, United States
Destination
Minneapolis, United States
Aircraft Registration
N327NW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A passenger reported the captain had announced they had started their descent into Minneapolis about 5 minutes before there was a loud bang followed by severe vibrations for about 20 seconds. About 5 minutes after that bang the captain announced that the loud bang had been the left hand engine failing, the engine had been shut down. The aircraft vacated the runway and stopped, emergency services checked the left hand engine, about 20 minutes later the aircraft was towed to the apron.
The passenger wrote: "I must mention that the Delta personnel were incredibly professional in handling the situation. The flight attendants were cool, calm and collected and continued to perform their landing duties as if nothing had happened. The captain kept us informed and made a beautiful landing. I was duly impressed with their professional and competent work."
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 6, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-947
Departure
Tampa, United States
Destination
Minneapolis, United States
Aircraft Registration
N327NW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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