Boeing 777 EI-UNW

Summary

On 25 May 2013 at about 08:10 local time, a Boeing 777 registered EI-UNW, operated by Transaero, was involved in an incident near Moscow, Russia. 235 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 May 2013 at 08:10

Classification

Incident

Location

Moscow, Russia

Nearest airport

Sheremetyevo-Moscow (UUEE)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 777

Registration

EI-UNW

Category

Airplane

Operator

Transaero

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Vnukovo-Moscow → JFK New York

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ENG13WA030

Nobody was injured.

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 May 25, 2013, at about 0810 UTC, a Russian-operated Transaero Boeing 777, during the climb after takeoff from Vnukovo-Moscow, had the No. 1 engine, a Pratt & Whitney PW4090, have increasing exhaust gas temperature and vibrations that was followed by an engine fire warning. The crew shutdown the engine and diverted to Sheremetyevo-Moscow. The post-landing examination of the engine revealed no fire damage, but three broken 2nd stage turbine blades. The airplane was enroute to New York John F. Kennedy International Airport. This incident is under the investigation of the Federal Air Transport Agency of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. Any further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Federal Air Transport Agency 37, Leningradsky prospect, 125993 Moscow, Russian Federation Telephone: (+7 499) 231-53-10 Fax: (+7 400) 231-56-56 Email [email protected]

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.