Captain forced to shut down one engine on Jersey-bound passenger plane

10:18am Thursday 8th November 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Julian Robinson, Eastleigh Chief Reporter

Plane in emergency landing after engine failure Plane in emergency landing after engine failure

A PILOT was forced to shut down one of his engines moments before carrying out an emergency landing at Southampton Airport this morning.

The Flybe service had just taken off from the terminal carrying 34 passengers to Jersey when it developed a technical fault and turned back.

Company bosses say the captain decided to cut power to the number two engine as a safety precaution.

Emergency services were called to theairport at around 8.50am today including fire crews from St Mary’s and Eastleigh.

But the plane landed safely 15 minutes later and no injuries were reported.

A Flybe spokesman said the Bombardier Q400 aircraft was designed to continue flying safely with one of its engines shut down.

She added: “The aircraft landed without further incident and all 34 passengers disembarked as normal and were re-accommodated on another flight.

“Flybe regrets any inconvenience experienced by passengers but as always the safety of our passengers and crew remains the airline’s number one priority."

Comments(8)

OSPREYSAINT says...
10:35am Thu 8 Nov 12

Ooops.

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Subject48 says...
11:14am Thu 8 Nov 12

must have been scary as hell for the passangers. Glad I was not there hehe.

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Lockssmart says...
12:06pm Thu 8 Nov 12

Minor emergency. When both go its a major.

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nemesis85 says...
6:16pm Thu 8 Nov 12

could of been worse, it could of back'ed onto the grass and shut down the airport.

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VConcerned says...
9:22pm Thu 8 Nov 12

Having flown on this route I am sure the pilot & crew were very profesional and sounds like a text book landing.
Bet passengers scared but there is nothing they can do it's only in the pilots hands.

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ben dover says...
10:37pm Thu 8 Nov 12

plummet airlines.com

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deepee says...
11:28pm Thu 8 Nov 12

Sounds pretty textbook. However their Q400s seem very unreliable...

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lovetheladies says...
5:56pm Fri 9 Nov 12

deepee wrote:
Sounds pretty textbook. However their Q400s seem very unreliable...
yawn yawn

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