ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215621
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 July 2015 |
| Time: | 17:33 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-323 |
| Owner/operator: | Asiana Airlines |
| Registration: | HL8282 |
| MSN: | 1435 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW4168A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 124 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 220km west of Incheon International Airport -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Seoul-Incheon International Airport (ICN/RKSI) |
| Tashkent Airport (TAS/UTTT) | |
| Investigating agency: | ARAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Asiana Airlines Flight OZ573, an Airbus A330-300 took off from Incheon International Airport, bound for Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
At an altitude of 3,972 feet, the right engine fire alarm appeared and shortly afterward disappeared again.
At an altitude of approximately 27,500 feet the oil quantity indicated "0" and the oil low pressure warning message appeared. The flight crew stopped the right engine, declared an emergency and returned to Incheon Airport.
The Air and Railway Accident Investigation Committee decided that the cause of the accident was a fire at the bottom of the engine due to fuel leakage due to cracks at the junction of the fuel nozzle 2 of the engine.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ARAIB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Sep-2018 19:27 | harro | Added |
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