Iraq Bans Airbus A220 Airplanes, What’s Up?

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Iraqi authorities have banned the flight of an Airbus A220 passenger airplane with Pratt & Whitney engines on its territory. This occurred due to an alleged downside with the airplane’s engine.

The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) revealed {that a} technical indicator gentle on the engine of one of many A220 plane suffered a breakdown final April. This indicator signifies that there’s a downside affecting the engine fan when the airplane lands at Baghdad Worldwide Airport.

“This accident was adopted two days later by one other accident by which an Iraqi Airways Airbus A220 plane suffered an identical failure in considered one of its engines whereas flying to Tunisia,” the assertion mentioned. Iraq InformationMonday (15/5/2023).

ICAA emphasizes that these indicators require applicable and quick motion to make sure the protection of passengers, flight crew and plane from all different penalties.

Most of the world’s airways utilizing the Airbus A220 have confronted related technical issues of their fleets. In actual fact, Swiss Worldwide Airways had banned its Airbus A220 from flying in 2019 attributable to engine issues.

In Iraq, the one person of the A220 is Iraqi Airways. The airline began operations final January utilizing the Airbus A220 to routes in Europe and North Africa.

In the meantime, in Indonesia, there isn’t a airline that intends to suggest to the fleet that was initially assembled by Bombardier below the identify CS100. In Asia-Pacific, the one person of the Airbus A220 is Korean Air and will probably be adopted by Australian airline Qantas sooner or later.

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