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Old 17th Jul 2012, 16:56
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Incident: United B752 over Atlantic on Jul 15th 2012, engine shut down in flight

"A United Boeing 757-200, registration N14118 performing flight UA-130 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 50 passengers and 9 crew, was enroute at FL390 over the Atlantic Ocean about 500nm east of St. John's,NL (Canada) when the crew declared emergency reporting they had shut down an engine (RB211) and descended to FL280. The aircraft turned around and diverted to St. John's for a safe landing on St. John's runway 29 about 130 minutes later.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled."

The airline reported the aircraft developed a mechanical problem with an engine, the engine was shut down as a precaution. The passengers were rebooked onto other flights to London."
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