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"Nothing to see here, move along!" - What say you now Mick?

In a follow up to this Mick drono-logue :

@Gordon   It is a beat-up, a shameless beat-up.   Meanwhile, real aviation news, like the inflight shut-down of an engine on an AirAsia X A330 out of Sydney on Tuesday, goes unreported.

Binger has followed up with this addition in the Oz today:

AirAsia X engine shutdown, flight diversion probed


An AirAsia X Airbus A330 similar to the one forced to divert to Adelaide.

Mitchell Bingemann
The Australian
12:00AM August 19, 2016
@Mitch_Hell
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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has opened an investigation into why an AirAsia X flight from Sydney to Malaysia was forced to divert to Melbourne after an in-flight engine shutdown.

Flight D7 221 was flying from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday with 231 passengers on board when pilots were forced to shut down one of its Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-60 engines after receiving a low oil pressure warning.

The aeroplane, which departed Sydney airport at 9.25pm, was 445km southeast of Alice Springs when the engine was shut down and the plane diverted to Melbourne. It landed safely at Melbourne airport at 1.59am on Wednesday.

“The precautionary diversion was in compliance with all international aviation safety guidelines,” said a spokesman for AirAsia X.

“We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused. The safety and comfort of our guests are AirAsia X’s priority and we strive to provide as much assistance as possible in these circumstances.”

The affected Airbus A330 — registration 9M-XXD — has been in operation since 2009.
The ATSB is now investigating the incident and will release a report within several months. AirAsia X said it was fully co-operating with the ATSB on the investigation.

“During cruise, the flight crew received a low oil pressure warning from the right engine. The engine was shut down and the flight crew diverted the aircraft to Melbourne. There were no injuries and the aircraft was not damaged,” the ATSB said. “As part of the investigation, the ATSB will interview the captain and gather additional information.”
The AirAsia X engine shut-down is the second engine problem to hit a jet carrying Australian passengers in the past fortnight.

Last week Jetstar was forced to divert a one-year-old Boeing Dreamliner — flight JQ12, flying from Japan to the Gold Coast with 320 people on board — to the US island territory of Guam because of an oil pressure problem with one of its General Electric-manufactured GEnx engines.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has also opened an investigation into what caused that engine failure.

The Australian yesterday revealed that planes in Jetstar’s Dreamliner fleet are flying with a known ­engine problem that could trigger a mid-flight engine shutdown such as the one that forced its Dreamliner to divert to Guam.

So there you go Mick, now you can tell us all about the statistical chances of suffering a inflight engine shutdown on an Airbus A330-343X...
MTF...P2