Incident

W81819 - Incident: Cargojet B752 near Vancouver on Aug 27th 2021

Created Tuesday, Aug 31st 2021 19:54Z, last updated Tuesday, Aug 31st 2021 19:54Z

Vancouver International Airport
File photo: Vancouver International Airport.

A Cargojet Airways Boeing 757-200 freighter, registration C-GCJT performing flight W8-1819 from Vancouver,BC (Canada) to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was enroute at FL390 about 160nm south of Vancouver when the crew received indication of the right hand engine (RB211) failure, shut the engine down, drifted down to FL220 and returned to Vancouver for a safe landing about 70 minutes after departure.

The aircraft returned to service on Aug 30th 2021.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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