Engine shut downs - Curt Lewis

 

Incident: Delta B763 at Madrid on Jan 1st 2022, engine shut down in flight

 

A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N173DZ performing flight DL-127 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was climbing through FL140 out of Madrid's runway 36L when the crew stopped the climb due to an engine (CF6) failure, shut the engine down and returned to Madrid for a safe landing on runway 32L about 20 minutes after departure.

 

The aircraft is still on the ground in Madrid about 29 hours after landing back.

Incident: Gol B738 near Petrolina on Dec 31st 2021, engine shut down in flight

 

A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, registration PR-GXM performing flight G3-1875 from Juazeiro Do Norte,CE to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil) with 182 people on board, was climbing through FL230 out of Juazeiro Do Norte when the crew reported the right hand engine (CFM56) had failed and proceeded to shut the engine down. The aircraft subsequently diverted to Petrolina,PE (Brazil) for a safe landing about 35 minutes after departure.

 

The aircraft is still on the ground in Petrolina about 21 hours after landing.