ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237594
Last updated: 2 July 2020
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| Date: | 01-JUL-2020 |
| Time: | 07:30 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-2N0ER |
| Owner/operator: | Air Zimbabwe |
| Registration: | Z-WPF |
| C/n / msn: | 24867/333 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | SE of Mawlamvine -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | International Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK/VTBS) |
| Islamabad International Airport (ISB/OPIS) |
Air Zimbabwe flight UM462 returned to land back at Bangkok, Thailand, after the flight crew shut down one engine.
The aircraft departed Bangkok at 06:57 UTC on a flight to Islamabad, Pakistan, to repatriate South African and Zimbabwean citizens stranded in Asia following the global Covid-19 pandemic.
While overhead Myanmar at 07:30 UTC abnormal engine parameters necessitated a precautionary left engine shut down. The flight declared an emergency and turned around, safely landing back at Bangkok at 08:35 UTC.
Sources:
https://africanpostonline.com/air-zimbabwe-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-thailand-after-engine-trouble/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/z-wpf#24d2ca80
Images:
Photo of Z-WPF courtesy AirHistory.net
Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (FAOR / JNB)
19 September 2014; (c) Streep
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2020 05:13 | harro | Added |
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