Airbus A330 9M-MTM

Summary

On 18 January 2018 at about 14:25 local time, a Airbus A330 registered 9M-MTM, operated by Malaysia Airlines, was involved in an incident near Alice Springs, Australia. 255 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 January 2018 at 14:25

Classification

Incident

Location

Alice Springs, Australia

Nearest airport

Alice Springs (asp)

Coordinates

-17.3700, 123.6606

Aircraft

Airbus A330

Registration

9M-MTM

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Malaysia Airlines

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sydney → Kuala Lumpur

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ENG18WA011

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 January 18, 2018, about 14:25 Western Australian standard time, a Malaysian-registered Airbus A330-323 airplane had the No. 1 engine, a Pratt & Whitney PW4168A engine shutdown by the flight crew after it had compressor stalls. The airplane, which was operating from Sydney, Australia to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia diverted to Alice Springs, Australia for landing. There were no injuries to the 2 flight crew, 8 flight attendants, and 245 passengers on board. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating this incident. All inquiries concerning this incident should be the directed to the ATSB. Australian Transport Safety Bureau 62 Northbourne Avenue Canberra ACT 2601 Telephone: 1800 020 616 International Telephone: +61 2 6257 4150 Website: www.atsb.gov.au

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.