SAS A350 Copenhagen-Tokyo Loses Engine Due to Low Oil Pressure
By The Aviation Hub
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A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A350-900 turned back to Copenhagen on a flight to Tokyo after the crew shut down the right-hand engine in the cruise.
The flight: SAS Flight SK983 Copenhagen to Tokyo…
The aircraft was operating flight SK-983 from Copenhagen Kastrup to Tokyo Haneda.
It was cruising at FL370 around 100nm northwest of Kraków, Poland, when the crew received a low oil pressure indication on the right-hand Rolls-Royce Trent XWB and shut the engine down.
A listener on frequency reported that the crew declared PAN PAN and advised controllers of the shutdown.
The aircraft then drifted down to FL220 — the lower cruising level a twinjet can sustain on one engine, and returned to Copenhagen, landing safely on runway 22L about two hours after departure.
The aircraft involved…
The airframe involved is SE-RSF, an Airbus A350-941 with manufacturer serial number 499. It first flew from Toulouse on 29 April 2021 carrying the test registration F-WZGQ, and was delivered to SAS on 22 June 2021.
It was ferried Toulouse–Copenhagen the following day and entered commercial service on 15 July 2021.
Now 5.3 years old, the aircraft carries the name Hjalmar Viking and is powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines.
It is fitted in a 300-seat, three-class layout: 40 business, 32 premium economy and 228 economy.
The aircraft was originally financed through Bleriot Aviation and has been on lease from ICBC since December 2021.
Aftermath…
The rotation was cancelled, with passengers requiring rebooking onto later services.
SE-RSF remained on the ground at Copenhagen approximately 27 hours after landing, consistent with a detailed engineering inspection of the affected engine and, potentially, an engine change.
No injuries were reported due to the safe handling of the flight on the return to Copenhagen.
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