Motortrouble - A350 over Beaufort havet - Curt Lewis

Incident: Delta A359 over Beaufort Sea on Jan 21st 2020, engine trouble

A Delta Airlines Airbus A350-900, registration N508DN performing flight DL-159 from Detroit,MI (USA) to Seoul (South Korea) with 189 people on board, was enroute at FL380 over the Beaufort Sea, when the crew received abnormal indications for one of the engines (Trent XWB) and drifted the aircraft down to FL220. The aircraft diverted to Fairbanks,AK (USA) where the aircraft landed safely on runway 20R about two hours later, vacated the runway and stopped for an inspection by emergency services. Passengers reported the crew told them they were diverting to Fairbanks due to engine issues. Local emergency services were dispatched to Fairbanks Airport with the information the right hand engine of the aircraft had been shut down. A replacement Airbus A350-900 registration N503DN was dispatched from Detroit to Fairbanks, departed for the continuation flight DL-159A about one hour ago and is estimated to reach Seoul with a delay of 21 hours. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Fairbanks for about 27 hours, then positioned to Minneapolis,MN (USA) and returned to service about 9 hours after landing in Minneapolis. On Jan 28th 2020 the Canadian TSB reported the right hand engine surged which led to a roll back and subsequent shut down.