- Date
- January 22, 2015, 16:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Budapest, Hungary
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- VT-ANLBoeing 787-8
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 90658
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Factual narrative
On January 22, 2015, about 1700 local (1600 UTC), an Air India Boeing 787-8, VT-ANL, experienced a failure of the right engine, a General Electric GEnx-1B, while in cruise flight and diverted to Budapest, Hungary. The airplane was enroute from London Heathrow Airport (LHR), London, UK to Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM), Mumbai, India. This incident is being investigated by the Transportation Safety Bureau of Hungary. The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Design and Manufacture of the airplane and engines. All requests for information should be directed to: Transportation Safety Board of Hungary H-1475 Budapest, POB 11, Hungary Phone: +36 1 432 6240 Fax: +36 1 432 6241 Email: aviainfo@kbcz.hu
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VT-ANL
- Reported as
- Boeing 787-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36283
- Engines
- General Electric GEnx-1b, turbo fanGeneral Electric GEnx-1b, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Air India Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport