Airbus A330-223 HL8211

Summary

On 23 July 2015 at about 12:23 local time, a Airbus A330-223 registered HL8211, operated by Korean Air, was involved in an incident near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia. 198 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 July 2015 at 12:23

Classification

Incident

Location

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia

Nearest airport

King Khalid International (KSA)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Airbus A330-223

Registration

HL8211

Category

Airplane

Operator

Korean Air

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia → Incheon S Korea

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ENG15RA028

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 July 23, 2015, at about 12:23 UTC, a Korean Air Airbus A330-223, registration number HL8211, experienced a No. 1 (left engine) stall after initial takeoff from the King Khalid International Airport (KSA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The flight crew received a subsequent No. 1 engine exhaust gas temperature overlimit and No. 1 engine fail warning in the cockpit, declared an emergency and performed an in-flight shutdown of the engine and a return to KSA for an uneventful single engine landing. The Aviation Investigation Bureau of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is conducting the investigation and the National Transportation Safety Board is serving as their Accredited Representative as the State of Manufacture of the engines. For additional information, contact the Aviation Investigation Bureau of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at: Aviation Safety Department Presidency of Civil Aviation P.O. Box 887 Jeddah 21165, Saudi Arabia Tel.: +966 012 685-6551, Fax: +966 012 685-4250, e-mail: [email protected], website www.aib.gov.sa AFTN: OEJDYAYX, Telex: 601093 CIVAIR SJ, Cable: CIVILAIR JEDDAH

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.