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| Date: | Monday 9 August 2004 |
| Time: | 11:03 |
| Type: |  Avro RJ100 |
| Owner/operator: | Swiss International Air Lines |
| Registration: | HB-IXU |
| MSN: | E3276 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming LF507-1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 56 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 41 km NE of Frankfurt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
| Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Swiss Flight 725 departed Amsterdam at 10:01 for a flight to Zürich. Near Frankfurt the #2 engine suffered an uncontained failure with debris striking the #1 engine. Both engines were shut down and a safe emergency landing was carried out at Frankfurt.
Sources:
Swiss, AP
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2004/Bulletin08-2004.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 October 2004 | HB-IXU | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |  |
unk | ||
| 25 March 2005 | HB-IXU | Swiss International Air Lines | 0 | München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC/EDDM) | |
non |
| 12 December 2006 | HB-IXU | Swiss European Air Lines | 0 | Zürich - LSZH | |
non |
| Loss of pressurization | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2012 07:20 | harro | Added |
| 16-May-2014 12:04 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-Nov-2017 20:16 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
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