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Serious incident to the Airbus A320 registered LZ-LAD and operated by Bulgarian Air Charter on 09/09/2017 near Sofia [Investigation led by AAIU / Bulgaria]

Perte du régime moteur n°2 en croisière, coupure moteur par l'équipage en finale, atterrissage.

Responsible entity

Bulgaria - AAIU

Preminary data based on the notification from the Bulgarian authorities:

At 10:30 UTC on 09 September 2017, the flight crew of the Airbus A320-231 with registration LZ-LAD of "Bulgarian Air Charter operator, while performing a ferry flight from Bratislava (Slovakia) to Sofia (Bulgaria) and shortly after levelling off at FL330, received warning message on ECAM "ENG2 FUEL FLOW LOW". The engine motion was retarded to IDLE. After assessing the situation, the flight crew decided to continue the flight to LBSF at FL250. While implementing approach the flight crew received new warning message on ECAM "ENG2 FADEC ALTERNATOR" followed by the engine shutdown.