ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179088
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| Date: | Friday 28 August 2015 |
| Time: | 14:36 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-82R |
| Owner/operator: | Pegasus Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-CPA |
| MSN: | 40725/3909 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 169 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | North of Sofia Airport (LBSF), Vrazhdebna -
 Bulgaria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | IATA: AYT, ICAO: LTAI |
| IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines safely made an emergency landing at Sofia Airport, Bulgaria on Friday afternoon following an engine failure. The aircraft carrying 163 passengers and six crew was flying from Antalya, Turkey to Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
When the plane was flying in Romania’s airspace, the pilot received indication that one of the engines had failed and requested emergency landing at Sofia Airport, the Bulgarian news outlet BGNES said, citing airport authorities.
The plane has landed safely in Sofia at 2.36 p.m. (1136 GMT). No passengers were injured in the incident.
Sources:
https://ftnnews.com/news-from-turkey/28336-pegasus-airlines-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-sofia-airport.html
https://rg.ru/2015/08/28/samolet-anons.html
http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b737ng-40725.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2015 14:53 | Hans Gruber | Added |
| 29-Aug-2015 15:55 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source] |
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