ID6897 - Incident: Batik A333 near Kuala Namu on Aug 29th 2021
Created Monday, Aug 30th 2021 11:01Z, last updated Monday, Aug 30th 2021 11:01Z
A Batik Air Airbus A330-300, registration PK-LEL performing flight ID-6897 from Banda Aceh to Jakarta (Indonesia) with 271 passengers and 11 crew, was climbing out of Banda Aceh when the crew stopped the climb at FL250 and decided to divert to Kuala Namu for a safe landing about 25 minutes later.
The airline reported the crew received indication of a problem with one of the engine (Trent 772) components. A replacement aircraft took the passengers to Jakarta.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kuala Namu about 30 hours after landing.
Indonesia's Ministry of Transport is looking into the incident.
Source: The Aviation Herald