ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349586
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 January 2024 |
| Time: | 11:19 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-336ER |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Airlines |
| Registration: | N705KW |
| MSN: | 24342/363 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce RB211-524H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Harlingen-Valley International Airport, TX (HRL/KHRL) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Harlingen-Valley International Airport, TX (HRL/KHRL) |
| San Pedro Sula-Ramon Villeda Morales Airport (SAP/MHLM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Eastern Airlines flight 2D3515, a Boeing 767-336ER, suffered engine problems after takeoff from HRL.
The flight returned and landed safely back at HRL, 18 minutes after takeoff.
The aircraft was chartered by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to transport migrants back to Honduras.
Sources:
https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-at-valley-international-airport/
https://www.krgv.com/news/aircraft-operated-by-ice-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-in-harlingen
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/EAL3515/history/20240103/1035Z/KHRL/MHLM
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 June 2023 | N705KW | Eastern Airlines | 0 | Guayaquil-José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE/SEGU) |  |
min |
| Engine failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2024 15:21 | harro | Added |
| 03-Jan-2024 15:27 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 04-Jan-2024 07:59 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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