CX233 - Incident: Cathay Pacific B773 near Lanzhou on Mar 6th 2025

A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300, registration B-KQV performing flight CX-233 from Hong Kong (China) to Milan Malpensa (Italy), was enroute at 9200 meters (FL301) about 130nm northwest of Lanzhou (China) when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine (GE90) down and descended the aircraft to 8200 meters (FL270). The aircraft subsequently turned around and diverted to Lanzhou for a safe landing on runway 18 about one hour later.

The remainder of the flight as well as the return flight were cancelled.

The airline reported a technical failure as cause of the diversion to Lanzhou.