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- A FlySafair flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town was forced to reverse after “a performance problem” with one of its engines.
- Technical investigations are still ongoing on the engine problem.
- Two passengers refused to return to another plane.
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A Christmas Day flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town was forced to return an hour after takeoff due to engine problems.
FlySafair flight FA113 took off from Johannesburg OR Tambo airport at 2:21 pm on Friday.
“Shortly after the flight took off, the crew was alerted to a performance problem in the correct engine,” FlySafair’s chief marketing officer Kirby Gordon told Business Insider SA.
“The crew immediately implemented all the required procedures, made the necessary checks and decided to initiate a controlled return to Johannesburg. Passengers were informed that there was a concern regarding the engine, that the aircraft would return to Johannesburg and that all safety protocols regarding response vehicles, etc. would be observed. “
The plane landed in Johannesburg an hour after its original departure.
Gordon says that all but two of the passengers, who chose not to fly anymore, were transferred to another plane and departed for Cape Town at 4:20 p.m.
In a tweet, one person said that “as passengers, I think all our hearts stopped when that engine failed mid-flight.”
To the pilots and cabin crew of @FlySafair FA113 thank you for your professionalism and peace of mind today. As passengers, I think all our hearts stopped when that engine failed mid-flight, but did you help us stay calm and land safely with an engine?
– Razaan (@b_razaan) December 25, 2020
But Gordon said the description of the engine problem may be “a little hyperbolic.” “From what we see, engine performance is constantly degrading rather than failing instantly.”
FlySafair’s technical investigations are still ongoing as to why there was a problem with the engine. “There are no obvious technical problems immediately, so it is sent to a specialist shop for further investigation,” Gordon said.
“The FA113 crew is very experienced and did an excellent job following protocol to the letter. Unfortunately, minor technical problems like this happen from time to time and this is the kind of thing our team trains for all the time. “
FlySafair was launched five years ago by the air cargo company Safair, which has been in business for more than half a century.
Unlike most of the other airlines in SA, which rely on SAA Technical for maintenance, FlySafair uses its internal Safair services.
With SAA, as well as Comair (which owns kulula.com and operates BA flights in SA) in commercial bailouts for much of the year, FlySafair was one of the only airlines that continued to fly on domestic routes.
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