Boeing 737 ES-ABL

Summary

On 14 January 2011, a Boeing 737 registered ES-ABL, operated by Estonia Air, was involved in an incident near Vilnius, Lithuania. The number of people on board was not recorded. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 January 2011

Classification

Incident

Location

Vilnius, Lithuania

Nearest airport

Vilnius (VNO)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

ES-ABL

Operator

Estonia Air

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Vilnius → Stockholm

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ENG11WA041

Injuries not recorded.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On January 14, 2011, an Estonia Air Boeing 737-500, registered in Estonia as ES-ABL, lost power from the right engine, a CFMI CFM56-3C1, at FL 360 and returned back to Vilnius, Lithuania. The airplane was operating on a regularly scheduled flight from Vilnius to Stockholm, Sweden. After landing, metal chips were found on the right engine's accessory gearbox magnetic chip detector. There were no reported injuries. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Estonia. Further information may be obtained from: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications Crisis Management Department Harju 11 Tallinn, Estonia Phone: +372 62 56 342 Fax: +372 6 313 660 Email: [email protected]

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.