Incident Airbus A321-211 UR-CSU,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 253734
 
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Date:Tuesday 2 March 2021
Time:07:17 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic A321 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A321-211
Owner/operator:Anda Air, opf Compagnie Africaine Aviation
Registration: UR-CSU
MSN: 2330
Year of manufacture:2004
Engine model:CFMI CFM56-5B3/P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Incident
Location:Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) -   Congo (Democratic Republic)
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA)
Destination airport:Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport (FKI/FZIC)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The Airbus A321, UR-CSU, suffered a failure of the engine generator no.2 (GEN2) during takeoff roll. Since the aircraft had accelerated past the V1 speed, takeoff was continued.
Subsequently transformer TR2 (Transfer Rectifier) ​​failed. Both failures were accompanied by a series of lights and notifications on the ECAM. After performing the necessary procedures and calculations, the captain decided to return to the departure airport. A safe landing was made at Kinshasa Airport at 07:32 UTC.

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Apr-2021 19:54 harro Added
20-Apr-2021 19:54 harro Updated [Location, Destination airport]
21-Apr-2021 08:12 harro Updated [Date]

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