- Date
- September 22, 2016
- Place
- Brisbane, Australia
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- VH-VFYAirbus A320
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94604
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Factual narrative
An Australian-registered A320-232 airplane in cruise flight between Sydney and Cairns, Australia had a failure of the right engine, an International Aero Engine V2527-A5. The airplane diverted to Brisbane for landing. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating this incident. All inquiries concerning this incident should be directed to the ATSB at: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Tel.: (61) 2 6257-4150 (24/7 Notifications) (61) 2 6274-6464 (International liaison) E-mail: atsbasir@atsb.gov.au (Notifications) atsbinfo@atsb.gov.au (International liaison) Fax: (61) 2 6274-6434 (Notifications) (61) 2 6274-6474 (International liaison) Website: http://www.atsb.gov.au
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
- VH-VFY
- Reported as
- Airbus A320 (232)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6362
- Engine
- International Aero Engine V2527-A5, turbo fan
- Fire
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport