An Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200 was forced to return to Bangkok after receiving an abnormal engine indication notice on July 1st, shutting an engine down mid-flight. Registration number Z-WPF was performing a repatriation flight from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Islamabad International Airport (ISB).
According to The Aviation Herald, the 30-year-old aircraft was at 34,000 feet 150 nautical miles northwest of the Thai capital when they had a problem with the port side engine.
The aircraft was repatriating 180 people from Pakistan
The plane carrying two passengers and 17 crew was on a humanitarian mission to Pakistan to repatriate 180 Zimbabweans and South Africans stranded by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Before entering Myanmar airspace, the pilots shut down the engine (PW4056) and descended to 21,000 feet before turning around and landing safely in Bangkok 90 minutes later.
