Incident: Smartwings B738 over Aegean Sea on Aug 22nd 2019, engine shut down in flight, aircraft continued to Prague
last updated Thursday, Oct 24th 2019 16:04Z
On Oct 24th 2019
Czechia's UZPLN reported in their 3rd quarter 2019 bulletin,
that the aircraft was enroute at FL360 when the #1 engine failed.
The crew reported a "maintenance issue" to ATC and requested to descend to FL240.
No PAN or emergency call was issued.
The crew attempted to restart the engine twice unsuccessfully.
The captain tagged the nearest suitable aerodrome to be Prague
and continued to Prague without informing any of the ATC stations
along the 2:20 hours route about the engine failure until in contact with Prague Air Traffic Control,
when the crew declared PAN and reported the failure of the #1 engine.
The aircraft landed.
A fuel pump caused the engine to starve, metallic chips were found in the fuel filter.
Both parts were shipped for expert examination.
An investigation into the occurrence rated a serious incident is continuing.