Motorstopp underveis - Curt Lewis

 

Incident: Cairo A320 near Zagreb on Sep 30th 2021, engine shut down in flight An Air Cairo Airbus A320-200, registration SU-BPV performing flight SM-2980 from Hurghada (Egypt) to Dusseldorf (Germany) with 125 people on board, was enroute at FL360 about 100nm southeast of Zagreb (Croatia) when the crew reported the left hand engine (CFM56) had failed. The crew shut the engine down and diverted to Zagreb for a safe landing about 25 minutes later. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Zagreb (standing Oct 4th 2021).

Incident: S7 B738 near Rostov on Don on Oct 3rd 2021, engine shut down in flight A S7 Sibir Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration VP-BND performing flight S7-2007 from Moscow Domodedovo (Russia) to Simferopol (Ukraine) with 171 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 260nm north of Rostov on Don (Russia) when the crew reported a left engine (CFM56) failure, shut the engine down, drifted down to FL230 and diverted to Rostov on Don for a safe landing about 50 minutes later. A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration VP-BUL reached Simferopol with a delay of about 5.5 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Rostov about 32 hours after landing. The status of Crimea and Simferopol is disputed. According to international law and United Nations the Crimea belong to the Ukraine although Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.