Philippine Airlines Boeing 777 Engine Shuts Down in Flight

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A PAL Philippines Airlines Boeing 777-300 performing flight from Manila (Philippines) to Vancouver,BC (Canada) with 387 people on board, was enroute at over the Philippine Sea when the crew observed a low oil pressure indication for the left hand engine (GE90), shut the engine down and drifted down.

The aircraft diverted to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport for a safe landing on runway 34R.

The occurrence aircraft was on the ground in Tokyo about 31 hours after landing.

Source: avherald.com