Earlier this week, a Scoot Boeing 787 operating a flight between Melbourne and Singapore suffered an engine issue, prompting a diversion to Jakarta.
Information has been released pertinent to the incident at hand, which we will get into in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Scoot Flight TR25 Melbourne-Singapore…
Scoot flight TR25, which suffered the engine issue, is a routine scheduled flight between Melbourne and Singapore.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident was 9V-OFC.
As per data from Planespotters.net, 9V-OFC is a 8.9 year old Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that was delivered to the airline back in October 2015.
Moreover, of the 787-8 variant, Scoot has 11 of them in their fleet.
Within that 11, all but two are in active service, with an average fleet age of 7.5 years.
As well as the 787-8, the Singaporean carrier has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 21 Airbus A320s.
- 9 Airbus A321s.
- 10 Boeing 787-9s.
- 2 Embraer E190-E2s.
Scoot flight TR25 departed Melbourne at 2200 local time on September 3 and tracked north towards Singapore.
In Indonesian airspace, the aircraft suddenly deviated west and started descending towards Jakarta.
The aircraft landed safely without further incident at 0135 local time on September 4.
Furthermore, as per The Aviation Herald, it is understood that there was a right hand engine low oil pressure indication warning which prompted an engine shutdown.
Aircraft Grounded For Two Days…
Data from RadarBox shows that 9V-OFC, the Scoot Boeing 787 operating the flight between Melbourne and Singapore was grounded in Jakarta for two days following the engine issue.
On September 5, the aircraft repositioned back to base, and re-entered commercial service on September 6.
It has operated flights normally without any further issues, highlighting the fix has been made to the engine.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
Such updates will be placed at the bottom of the article as more information comes in.
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