Smartwing - 2hours 20 minutes on one engine
Aug 26, 2019, 5:37 am
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Smartwing - 2hours 20 minutes on one engine
Incident: Smartwings B738 over Aegean Sea on Aug 22nd 2019, engine shut down in flight, aircraft continued to Prague
The reading is damning, the PPrune thread adds some more: https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/...-2019-a-3.html
I hope all concerned regulatory bodies will have a close look at this incident and the entire safety culture of the airline. One more on my no fly list.
A Smartwings Boeing 737-800, registration OK-TVO performing flight QS-1125 from Samos (Greece) to Prague (Czech Republic) with 170 people on board, was enroute at FL360 over the Aegean Sea about 100nm northeast of Athens (Greece) when the crew drifted the aircraft down to FL240 and continued to Prague at FL240 for a landing without further incident about 2:20 hours later.
The Aviation Herald received information that the #1 engine (CFM56, left hand) shut down spontaneously while enroute at FL360. The crew descended the aircraft to FL240, worked the related checklists and attempted to relight the engine twice, first using windmilling and then using crossbleed, the engine however did not restart. As there was sufficient fuel on board the crew decided to continue to Prague nonetheless.
The Aviation Herald received information that the #1 engine (CFM56, left hand) shut down spontaneously while enroute at FL360. The crew descended the aircraft to FL240, worked the related checklists and attempted to relight the engine twice, first using windmilling and then using crossbleed, the engine however did not restart. As there was sufficient fuel on board the crew decided to continue to Prague nonetheless.
I hope all concerned regulatory bodies will have a close look at this incident and the entire safety culture of the airline. One more on my no fly list.
Aug 26, 2019, 2:01 pm
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And please note that this airline operates all flights for Czech Airlines, just in case someone will be booking a flight of Czech Airlines. Smartwings are owners of Czech Airlines brand and got rid of all Czech Airlines planes except ATRs for its scheduled opaerations. It is beyond my understanding how this is accepted by SkyTeam.
Aug 27, 2019, 2:35 am
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And please note that this airline operates all flights for Czech Airlines, just in case someone will be booking a flight of Czech Airlines. Smartwings are owners of Czech Airlines brand and got rid of all Czech Airlines planes except ATRs for its scheduled opaerations. It is beyond my understanding how this is accepted by SkyTeam.
Aug 27, 2019, 1:39 pm
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the A319 OK-MEL as already mentioned
also a B737-800 OK-TST
and a A330-200 OK-YBA which they use on their Seoul route
as well as half a dozen ATR72s
i didn't realise that CSA had almost become a virtual airline