ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237594
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 July 2020 |
| Time: | 07:30 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-2N0ER |
| Owner/operator: | Air Zimbabwe |
| Registration: | Z-WPF |
| MSN: | 24867/333 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | SE of Mawlamvine -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK/VTBS) |
| Islamabad International Airport (ISB/OPIS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Air Zimbabwe flight UM462 returned to land back at Bangkok, Thailand, after the flight crew shut down one engine.
The aircraft departed Bangkok at 06:57 UTC on a flight to Islamabad, Pakistan, to repatriate South African and Zimbabwean citizens stranded in Asia following the global Covid-19 pandemic.
While overhead Myanmar at 07:30 UTC abnormal engine parameters necessitated a precautionary left engine shut down. The flight declared an emergency and turned around, safely landing back at Bangkok at 08:35 UTC.
Sources:
https://africanpostonline.com/air-zimbabwe-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-thailand-after-engine-trouble/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/z-wpf#24d2ca80
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 2019 | Z-WPF | Air Zimbabwe | 0 | Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR) |  |
non |
| Engine failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2020 05:13 | harro | Added |
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