Created Sunday, Aug 10th 2025 11:27Z, last updated Sunday, Aug 10th 2025 11:27Z
A Smartwings Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration OK-SWD performing flight
QS-2643 from Antalya (Turkey) to Prague (Czech Republic), was taxiing for departure when the crew received intermittent low oil pressure indications for the right hand engine (Leap) and decided to shut the engine down and return to the apron.
A local maintenance engineer swapped oil pressure and oil temperature sensors between engine #1 and engine #2, a subsequent test showed no anomaly and the aircraft was released for flight.
The aircraft was climbing out of Antalya's runway 18L when the crew received a low oil pressure indication for the left hand engine, stopped the climb at FL150 and returned to Antalya for a safe landing on runway 18C about 25 minutes after departure.
Czechia's UZPLN reported the crew shut the left hand engine down after landing while taxiing to the apron. Local maintenance replaced the defective oil pressure and temperature sensor in the left hand engine and the aircraft was released to service.
The aircraft departed Antalya about 27 hours after landing back.
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