# NTSB ENG18WA011: Airbus A330, Alice Springs, Australia, January 18, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 18, 2018
- Place: Alice Springs, Australia
- Coordinates: -17.37, 123.660552
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-17.3700&lon=123.6606&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 255 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96695
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG18WA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96695/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG18WA011

## Factual narrative

On January 18, 2018, about 14:25 Western Australian standard time, a Malaysian-registered Airbus A330-323 airplane had the No. 1 engine, a Pratt & Whitney PW4168A engine shutdown by the flight crew after it had compressor stalls. The airplane, which was operating from Sydney, Australia to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia diverted to Alice Springs, Australia for landing. There were no injuries to the 2 flight crew, 8 flight attendants, and 245 passengers on board. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating this incident. All inquiries concerning this incident should be the directed to the ATSB. Australian Transport Safety Bureau 62 Northbourne Avenue Canberra ACT 2601 Telephone: 1800 020 616 International Telephone: +61 2 6257 4150 Website: www.atsb.gov.au

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9M-MTM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330 (323)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1431
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PW4168A 68600 lbs thrust turbo fan; Pratt & Whitney PW4168A 68600 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Malaysia Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: SYD, Sydney
- Destination: KUL, Kuala Lumpur
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: asp, Alice Springs
- Equipment: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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