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A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300, with 182 passengers and 12 crew on board, lost both engines while en route from Singapore to Shanghai on Saturday, the airline has reported. The flight encountered weather at 39,000 feet, about three and a half hours after departure and 160 miles from shore. Both Rolls Royce Trent 772 engines lost power. “The pilots followed operational procedures to restore normal operation of the engines,” the airline said in a statement. One of the engines returned to operation “almost immediately,” according to Reuters. The aircraft descended about 13,000 feet during the incident, according to online data-tracking sites. Singapore Airlines didn’t confirm the extent of the loss of altitude but stressed that the descent wasn’t uncontrolled, The Wall Street Journal reported.
“The flight continued to Shanghai and touched down uneventfully,” the airline said in a statement. The aircraft was “thoroughly inspected and tested” in Shanghai, but no anomalies were detected, the airline said. The airplane returned to Singapore with passengers on board and has not been removed from service. The brand-new aircraft had just been delivered to the airline on March 30. Singapore’s Air Accident Investigation Bureau is investigating the incident.
