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Home <<Incident:DC-8-63F,N865F,Shannon Airport (EINN), Ireland, 28 March 2008, Report No:2009-008
SYNOPSIS
Shortly after take-off from Runway (RWY) 24 at EINN, while still in the initial climb phase, the cargo aircraft suffered a series of compressor stalls to the No. 1 engine. This engine was shut down and shortly afterwards a compressor stall occurred on a second engine. The aircraft declared an emergency, descended to increase speed and turned back towards EINN. After engine anti-ice was activated the engines stabilised and later the No. 1 engine was successfully restarted. The aircraft subsequently landed safely on RWY 24 at EINN with all four engines operating normally having been airborne for 14 minutes. There was no damage.
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