Diverse motorproblemer - Curt Lewis

Incident: KLM B744 at Los Angeles on Feb 25th 2019, rejected takeoff due to disobedient engine A KLM Boeing 747-400, registration PH-BFS performing flight KL-602 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was accelerating for takeoff from Los Angeles' runway 24L when the crew rejected takeoff at lo speed. Tower asked the crew to roll down the runway passing the next exit before vacating the runway. The crew advised one of their engines (CF6) didn't spin up as much as they wanted. The aircraft returned to the apron. A passenger reported they were kept on board for about 2 hours while maintenance were working on the #2 engine (left inboard). The flight was subsequently cancelled and the passengers were rebooked onto other flights. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 49 hours, then departed for flight KL-604 of Feb 27th.

Incident: Air Austral B788 near Naples on Feb 27th 2019, engine problem An Air Austral Boeing 787-8, registration F-OLRC performing flight UU-976 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Dzaoudzi (Mayotte), was enroute at FL370 about 40nm southeast of Naples (Italy) when the crew received a fault indication regarding the electronic engine control of one of the engines (Trent 1000) and decided to return to Paris. The aircraft descended to FL230 for the return and landed safely back in Paris about 3 hours after leaving FL370. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Paris about 23 hours after landing back.

Incident: Vistara A20N at Hyderabad on Feb 25th 2019, engine shut down in flight A Vistara Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-TNB performing flight UK-870 from Hyderabad to Delhi (India) with 130 people on board, was climbing out of Hyerabad's runway 27L when the crew stopped the climb at about 8000 feet due to an engine (LEAP) failure. The crew returned to Hyderabad for a safe landing on runway 27L about 20 minutes after departure. A replacement A320-200N registration VT-TNF reached Deli with a delay of 3.5 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Hyderabad 78 hours after landing back.

Incident: UTAir B735 at Ufa on Feb 28th 2019, engine shut down in flight A UTAir Boeing 737-500, registration VP-BXQ performing flight UT-364 from Ufa to Moscow Vnukovo (Russia) with 123 people on board, was climbing out of Ufa when the crew stopped the climb at about FL140 due to the failure of one of the engines (CFM56). The crew shut the engine down and returned to Ufa for a safe landing about 30 minutes after departure. A replacement Boeing 737-500 registration VP-BYL reached Moscow with a delay of 2:45 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 19 hours after landing.