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5X-213 shuts down engine mid-flight

September 29, 2015 By bernard.montrel@gmail.com

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A UPS McDonnell Douglas MD-11, registration N251UP performing flight 5X-213 from Louisville,KY (USA) to Cologne (Germany), was enroute at FL350 over the Atlantic Ocean nearing Ireland when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (CF6) down, descended the aircraft to FL330 and set course to divert to Shannon (Ireland), where the aircraft landed safely on runway 24.
A new engine was flown in, the right hand engine is being replaced.
The Aviation Herald

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Engine Shut Down, McDonnell-Douglas, MD-11, UPS

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