Motorporbloem - B737-800 med CFM56 motor - Bahamas - Curt Lewis

Incident: Caribbean B738 near Nassau on Nov 9th 2019, engine shut down in flight

A Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration 9Y-BGI performing flight BW-526 from Georgetown (Guyana) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 134 passengers and 7 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 330nm northnortheast of Nassau (Bahamas) when the crew needed to shut one of the engines (CFM56) down. The aircraft drifted down to FL200 and diverted to Nassau for a safe landing about 70 minutes later. The airline reported a mechanical issue with one of the engines prompted the diversion to Nassau. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BWA526/history/20191109/2135Z/SYCJ/KJFK