Created Thursday, Jul 8th 2021 14:25Z, last updated Thursday, Jul 8th 2021 14:25Z
A European Air Charter McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration LZ-LDJ performing flight 1T-8339 from Heraklion (Greece) to Linz (Austria) with 103 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL340 about 180nm southwest of Sofia (Bulgaria) in Albanian Airspace when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (JT8D) down. The crew decided to divert to Sofia, drifted down and landed safely on Sofia's runway 09 about 45 minutes after leaving FL340.
A replacement A320-200 registration LZ-LAA reached Linz with a delay of about 3 hours.
Austrianwings reported European Air Charter set up a temporary home base at Linz Airport.
