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It has been revealed that an Emirates Airbus A380 from Dubai got stuck at New York JFK Airport for a week due to engine trouble.
The full story has been released pertinent to this unique event, with the timeline revealed as a result of this.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Emirates Flight EK203 – Dubai to New York JFK…
Emirates flight EK203, the Airbus A380 which got stuck due to engine trouble, is a routine scheduled flight between Dubai and New York JFK.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident was A6-EUW.
As per data from Planespotters.netA6-EUW is a 8.2 year old Airbus A380-800 that was delivered to the airline back in September 2018.
Of the A380-800 variant, Emirates has a total of 116 superjumbos in their fleet.
Moreover, of the 116, 94 are in active service, with 22 currently parked, offering an average fleet age of 10.5 years for the variant.
As well as the superjumbo, the carrier has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
| Aircraft Type | Number in their Fleet |
| Airbus A319CJ | 1 |
| Airbus A350-900 | 8 |
| Boeing 777-200 | 10 |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 119 |
| Boeing 777 Freighter | 11 |
Emirates flight EK203, which got stuck due to engine trouble, departed Dubai at 2303 local time on June 28th, bound for New York JFK.
Everything was normal in the flight until around two hours from landing.
As per The Aviation Heraldit is understood the crew had to shut down the outboard left hand engine due to an issue.
However, a diversion wasn’t needed due to the aircraft being able to operate the rest of the flight on three engines.
After 13 hours and 43 minutes in the air, Emirates flight EK203 Dubai-New York landed safely following the engine trouble.
Airbus A380 Returned to Base A Week Later Following Engine Trouble…
Data from Flightradar24 highlights that A6-EUW, the Emirates Airbus A380 from Dubai (DXB) involved in the engine trouble outside of New York, was stranded at JFK for around a week.
This was no doubt to establish a fix to the engine and replacement of parts if necessary.
On July 5, the aircraft departed JFK as EK2692, which is a non-standard flight number, to position back to DXB.
It landed the next morning on July 6, and around seven hours later, continued it’s operational timetable with a flight down to Sydney.
Moreover, the aircraft has remained in operational service following the week on the ground in New York.
No further issues have been reported since, with the most latest flight being yesterday from Vienna as EK128.
If we have anymore information surrounding this, then we will update you accordingly.
Stay tuned to the AviationSource website for further information.
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