Created Sunday, Jun 19th 2022 22:20Z, last updated Sunday, Jun 19th 2022 22:20Z
A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-900, registration CS-TUR performing flight
TP-277 from Lisbon (Portugal) to Cancun (Mexico), was climbing through FL310 out of Lisbon when the crew stopped the climb and drifted down to FL190 due to a left engine problem (Trent 7000). The aircraft turned around to return to Lisbon for a safe landing on runway 21 about 65 minutes after stopping the climb.
A replacement Airbus A330-900 registration CS-TUA reached Cancun with a delay of about 7 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Lisbon about 58 hours after landing back.
The airline reported the aircraft returned to Lisbon due to a technical malfunction in one of the engines.
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