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| Date: | Thursday 24 September 2015 |
| Time: | c. 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  Saab 340B |
| Owner/operator: | Loganair |
| Registration: | G-LGNM |
| MSN: | 340B-187 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Engine model: | GE CT7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | near Kirkwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kirkwall Airport, Orkney Islands (KOI) |
| Inverness Airport (INV/EGPE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Saab 340B aircraft, operated by Loganair on behalf of Flybe, landed safely at Kirkwall Airport, Orkney Islands, U.K. following the in-flight shut down of the left hand engine.
The flight involved was BE6938 from Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands to Inverness, Scotland via Kirkwall.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com//data/airplanes/g-lgnm/
@C_Stihler_MEP
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 April 1999 | N347BE | Business Express | 0 | Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS) |  |
sub |
| 3 October 2014 | G-LGNM | Loganair | 0 | between Aberdeen and Sumburgh | |
non |
Media:
Emergency landed in Kirkwall. An engine failed. Very very scary. pic.twitter.com/1OcXHNoodl
— Catherine Stihler (@C_Stihler_MEP) September 24, 2015scary scary scary ! emergency landing at kirkwall. engine stopped in mid air pic.twitter.com/HKeoNMYaYv
— Mel MacRae (@MelMacRae) September 24, 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Sep-2015 17:12 | harro | Added |
| 24-Sep-2015 17:14 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Sep-2015 17:34 | harro | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Sep-2015 18:11 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Sep-2015 18:14 | harro | Updated [Source, ] |
| 10-Oct-2015 16:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, ] |
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