# Incident 20010813024269I: Boeing 747, Bermuda, August 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2001, 16:47 local time
- Place: Bermuda
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: ILAF
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010813024269I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON AUGUST 13, 2001, AT 2037Z, IBERIA FLIGHT 6621, A B-747, SHORTLY AFTER LEVELING OFF AT FL360, SHUT DOWN AN ENGINE DUE TO A REPORTED FUEL CONTORL PROBLEM. THE FLIGHT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE ON THREE ENGINES AND THE CAPTAIN TURNED LEFT OF COURSE AND STARTED A DESCENT WHILE CONTACTING ARINC AND EVENTUALLY NEW YORK CENTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. NEW YORK CENTER CLEARED THE FLIGHT TO LEVEL 320 AND THE CAPTAIN ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO DESTINATION, HAVANA, CUBA, AND CANCELLED THE EMERGENCY. DURING THE DESCENT, SEPARATION STANDARDS WERE LOST WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, FLIGHT AMX002. ESTIMATED CLOSEST PROXIMITY WAS REPORTED TO BE 10 NM.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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