Incident: Delta A339 near Kansas City on Sep 25th 2023
Created Monday, Sep 25th 2023 16:55Z, last updated Monday, Sep 25th 2023 16:54Z
A Delta Airlines Airbus A330-900, registration N406DX performing charter flight DL-8867 (dep Sep 24th) from Las Vegas,NV to Pittsburgh,PA (USA) with the NFL team of the Pittsburgh Steelers and total 182 people on board, had been enroute at FL410, later descended to FL370 and was enroute about 150nm west of Kansas City,MO (USA) when the crew reported they had to shut the right hand engine (Trent 7000) down due to loss of oil pressure and decided to divert to Kansas City. The aircraft landed safely on Kansas City's runway 01L about 35 minutes after leaving FL370. The crew reported no assistance was needed and taxied to the apron.
The NFL team reported the crew announced there was an "oil pressure failure" in one of the engines.
Source: The Aviation Herald