Incident

5Y3701 - Incident: Atlas B763 at Baltimore on Oct 5th 2020

Created Wednesday, Oct 7th 2020 15:02Z, last updated Wednesday, Oct 7th 2020 15:02Z

Baltimore Washington International Airport
File photo: Baltimore Washington International Airport.

An Atlas Air Boeing 767-300 freighter, registration N1381A performing flight 5Y-3701 from Baltimore,MD to Tampa,FL (USA) with 2 crew, was climbing out of Baltimore, having levelled off at FL240 in accordance with climb clearances, when the crew declared emergency reporting the right hand engine (CF6) had failed and was shut down. The crew requested the longest runway at Baltimore (runway 28) and the emergency equipment on stand by. The aircraft returned to Baltimore for a safe landing on runway 28 about 43 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration N1181A reached Tampa with a delay of 4 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 21 hours after landing back.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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