{"id":20791,"date":"2022-05-24T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=20791"},"modified":"2022-05-24T09:03:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T03:33:17","slug":"india-probing-3-cases-of-mid-flight-engine-shutdowns-in-last-2-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/24\/india-probing-3-cases-of-mid-flight-engine-shutdowns-in-last-2-months\/","title":{"rendered":"India Probing 3 Cases of Mid-Flight Engine Shutdowns in Last 2 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In the last two months, India has <strong>investigated three situations<\/strong> in which pilots were forced to turn off aircraft engines mid-flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> According to a report, the engines used in all three instances were built by a <strong>joint venture of General Electric (GE) Co.<\/strong>If a problem occurs, the &#8220;<em>command in-flight shutdowns<\/em>&#8221; require pilots to actively shut down one of the plane&#8217;s engines. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SPICEJET-B737-MAX-BASIL-1024x576-2.jpeg\" alt=\"In two months, India has investigated three situations in which pilots were forced to turn off aircraft engines mid-flight\" class=\"wp-image-20793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SPICEJET-B737-MAX-BASIL-1024x576-2.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SPICEJET-B737-MAX-BASIL-1024x576-2-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SPICEJET-B737-MAX-BASIL-1024x576-2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SPICEJET-B737-MAX-BASIL-1024x576-2-768x432.jpeg 768w, 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<strong>technical malfunction<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay Informed with us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Our <strong>Telegram group<\/strong> for Latest Updates :-<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\">https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In two months, India has investigated three situations in which pilots were forced to turn off aircraft engines 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