UTAir B738 near Moscow on Mar 20th 2016, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: March 20, 2016 / 21:06:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 20, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-247

Destination
Surgut, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BQQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A UTAir Boeing 737-800, registration VQ-BQQ performing flight UT-247 from Moscow Vnukovo to Surgut (Russia), was climbing out of Moscow when the crew stopped the climb at about FL200 reporting engine (CFM56) vibrations. The crew subsequently shut the engine down and decided to return to Moscow Vnukovo, entered a hold at 7000 feet to burn off fuel for about 110 minutes and landed safely on Vnukovo's runway 24 about 2:20 hours after departure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 20, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-247

Destination
Surgut, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BQQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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