Created Sunday, Oct 17th 2021 17:18Z, last updated Sunday, Oct 17th 2021 17:18Z
An Air Europa Boeing 787-9, registration EC-NFM performing flight
UX-45 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Montevideo (Uruguay) with 321 people on board, had been enroute at FL380 and was in the initial descent towards Montevideo through about FL360 when the crew reported one of their engines (Trent 1000) was inoperative and declared emergency. The aircraft continued for a safe ILS landing on Montevideo's runway 24 with the right hand engine shut down about 21 minutes later and taxied to the apron.
The return flight UX-46 was cancelled.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Montevideo about 31 hours after landing.
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