UU973 - Incident: Austral B788 near Jeddah on Sep 13th 2025

An Air Austral Boeing 787-8, registration F-OLRB performing flight UU-973 from Nairobi (Kenya) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute at FL390 about 40nm southwest of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) when the crew received a low oil pressure indication for one of the engines (Trent 1000), shut the engine down and diverted to Jeddah for a safe landing on runway 34R about one hour later.

The airline reported a mechanical problem.

A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration F-OREU was dispatched to Jeddah, resumed the flight and is estimated to reach Paris with a delay of about 24 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Jeddah about 20 hours after landing.