Engine shut downs - Curt Lewis

Incident: Cathay Pacific A333 near Adelaide on Sep 20th 2017, engine failure A Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300, registration B-LAG performing flight CX-173 (dep Sep 19th) from Hong Kong (China) to Adelaide,SA (Australia) with 240 people on board, was descending to 9000 feet on approach to Adelaide when the crew declared PAN reporting the failure of the left hand engine (Trent 772). The crew shut the engine down, advised they would perform a normal landing single engine. The aircraft landed safely on Adelaide's runway 05 about 13 minutes after declaring PAN. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Adelaide 48 hours after landing. The return flight was delayed, is currently showing a delay of more than 39 hours with an estimated departure at 21:30L Sep 21st, which was about 7.5 hours ago.

Incident: Lufthansa A321 at Tel Aviv on Sep 21st 2017, engine shut down in flight A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AISL performing flight LH-695 from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 160 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Tel Aviv's runway 26 when the right hand engine (V2533) failed prompting the crew to shut the engine down, stop the climb at 3000 feet and return to Tel Aviv for a safe landing on runway 08 at a higher than normal speed (about 180 knots over ground) about 25 minutes after departure. The aircraft vacated the runway just before the displaced threshold runway 26 and stopped for an inspection by emergency services before continuing to taxi to the apron. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 8 hours after landing back. Passengers reported they heard a loud bang from the right hand side followed by unusual noises.

Incident: India Express B738 near Mangalore on Sep 21st 2017, engine shut down in flight An Air India Express Boeing 737-800, registration VT-AXT performing flight IX-821 from Mangalore (India) to Doha (Qatar) with 173 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL300 about 130nm west of Mangalore when the crew decided to shut the left hand engine (CFM56) down due to the failure of the engine. The aircraft drifted down to FL150 and returned to Mangalore for a safe landing about one hour after departure. Passengers reported there was a loud boom followed by severe vibrations. The crew subsequently announced they were returning to Mangalore. The flight was postponed to the next day, they were taken to hotels.