Gulfstreamaviator
11th Mar 2012, 09:07
Incident: RAK A320 near Ras Al Khaimah on Mar 10th 2012, engine shut down in flight
By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Mar 10th 2012 17:05Z, last updated Saturday, Mar 10th 2012 17:05Z
A RAK Airways Airbus A320-200, registration A6-RKB performing flight RT-300 (dep Mar 9th) from Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) to Kozhikode (India) with 141 people on board, was enroute at FL310 about 200nm southeast of Ras Al Khaimah when the crew needed to shut an engine (CFM56) down, drifted down to FL200 and returned to Ras Al Khaimah for a safe landing about 85 minutes after departure.
A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration A6-RKC reached Kozhikode with a delay of 10 hours.
(C) from Aviation Herald.
According to the UAE radio news services the passengers were all pleased to be alive....
Glf
By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Mar 10th 2012 17:05Z, last updated Saturday, Mar 10th 2012 17:05Z
A RAK Airways Airbus A320-200, registration A6-RKB performing flight RT-300 (dep Mar 9th) from Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) to Kozhikode (India) with 141 people on board, was enroute at FL310 about 200nm southeast of Ras Al Khaimah when the crew needed to shut an engine (CFM56) down, drifted down to FL200 and returned to Ras Al Khaimah for a safe landing about 85 minutes after departure.
A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration A6-RKC reached Kozhikode with a delay of 10 hours.
(C) from Aviation Herald.
According to the UAE radio news services the passengers were all pleased to be alive....
Glf