On 3 January 2019, a Boeing 737-500 en-route to Port Harcourt experienced signs of intermittent distress to an engine which subsequently failed during final approach there. After a mismanaged initial response before and after a go around, the failed engine was eventually shut down. After a delay of about 20 minutes, an attempted second approach was discontinued when it could not be stabilised. A third approach was then successfully completed. The engine was damaged beyond economic repair and the Investigation found that the operator had been aware of the intermittent malfunction of both engines over several months but ignored it.
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On 3 January 2019, a Boeing 737-500 (5N-AIS) being operated by Azman Air on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Lagos to Port Harcourt as AZM2316 experienced transient uncommanded right engine thrust variation accompanied by unexplained noises and indicated vibration increases en-route but these were not considered a reason to shut the engine down until it clearly and suddenly failed during an ILS approach at destination in day IMC. The now single engine approach was discontinued as was a subsequent one but a third approach was completed successfully half an hour after the second one.
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