Aircraft plunges thousands of feet after both engines fail
Singapore Airlines is investigating why an Airbus with 182 passengers onboard lost power to both engines, sending it plummeting 13,000 feet.
The airline said the A330-200 was en-route to Shanghai carrying the pasengers and 12 crew when it encountered bad weather at 39,000 feet, three and a half hours after leaving Singapore.
"Both engines experienced a temporary loss of power and the pilots followed operational procedures to restore normal operation of the engines," the airline said in a statement.
It added that flight SQ836 continued to Shanghai, where it landed safely on May 23.
The airline said the aircraft’s two Rolls-Royce engines ‘were thoroughly inspected and tested upon arrival in Shanghai with no anomalies detected’.
"We are reviewing the incident with Rolls-Royce and Airbus," it added.
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