Boeing 747 4X-ELD

Summary

On 9 July 2012 at about 22:08 local time, a Boeing 747 registered 4X-ELD, operated by El al Israel Airlines Ltd, was involved in an incident near London England, United Kingdom. The number of people on board was not recorded. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 July 2012 at 22:08

Classification

Incident

Location

London England, United Kingdom

Nearest airport

Heathrow (LHR)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 747

Registration

4X-ELD

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

El al Israel Airlines Ltd

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

London England → Tel Aviv

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ENG12WA027

Injuries not recorded.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On July 9, 2012, at 22:08 UTC, an EL-AL Israel Airlines Boeing 747-400, registration number 4X-ELD, flight No. LY-318, powered by four Pratt & Whitney PW4056 tubofan engines, experienced a No. 4 (right outboard) engine failure 20 minutes after takefoff from Heathrow International Airport (LHR). The pilot received an indication of loss of thrust(N1 went to zero)from the No. 4 engine along with sounds coming from the No. 4 engine. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Israel. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Ministry of Transport Chief Investigator P.O. Box 120 Ben Gurion International Airport 70100 Israel Tel.: (972) 3-975-1380 (972) 50-621-2329 (24 hours mobile) E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (972) 3-760-4442 AFTN: LLADYAYX Telex: 381000 CAATS IL Cable: MEMTEUFA-BENGURION AIRPORT-ISRAEL This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the Government of Israel.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.