Created Sunday, Apr 13th 2025 13:17Z, last updated Sunday, Apr 13th 2025 13:17Z
A China Airlines Airbus A350-900, registration B-18908 performing flight
CI-753 from Taipei (Taiwan) to Singapore (Singapore), was enroute at FL390 over the South China Sea about 220nm northeast of Nha Trang (Vietnam) when the crew decided to return to Taiwan due to the failure of the right hand engine (Trent) and shut the engine down. The aircraft drifted down to FL240, turned around and diverted to Kaohsiung (Taiwan) for a safe landing on runway 09 about 3 hours after leaving FL390.
A replacement A330-300 registration B-18306 is estimated to reach Singapore with a delay of about 9 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kaohsiung about 6.5 hours after landing.
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