3O851 - Incident: Arabia Maroc A320 near Malaga on Mar 16th 2024

An Air Arabia Maroc Airbus A320-200, registration CN-NMH performing flight 3O-851 from Oujda (Morocco) to Brussels (Belgium), was enroute at FL340 about 70nm east of Malaga,SP (Spain) when the crew turned around, descended to FL330 and decided to divert to Casablanca (Morocco). The aircraft landed safely on Casablanca's runway 35R about 50 minutes after turning around.

According to information The Aviation Herald received the crew decided to divert due to a recurring problem with one of the engines (CFM56). The aircraft remained on the ground in Casablanca for about 22 hours before returning to service.