Created Sunday, Dec 13th 2020 18:40Z, last updated Sunday, Dec 13th 2020 22:45Z
A UPS United Parcel Service Boeing 767-300 freighter, registration N391UP performing flight
5X-249 from Dublin (Ireland) to Cologne (Germany), was in the initial climb out of Dublin's runway 28L when the crew declared PAN PAN reporting a right hand engine (CF6) failure and requested to join the downwind for a return. The aircraft stopped the climb at 3000 feet, the crew detailed they were climbing through 1300 feet when they heard a big bang and noticed vibrations from the right hand engine and N1 issues with the right hand engine, which was kept running however, and landed safely back on runway 28L about 17 minutes after departure.
A replacement engine was flown in the following day.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Dublin about 69 hours after landing back.
