Alitalia B772 near Munich on Jun 17th 2016, engine shut down in flight

EI-DDH on final approach

An Alitalia Boeing 777-200, registration EI-DDH performing flight AZ-785 from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Rome Fiumicino (Italy), was enroute just step climbing from FL380 to FL400 over the Baltic Sea when the crew received indication of problems with the left hand engine (GE90), reduced the engine thrust and drifted down to FL220, however, continued the fliht towards Rome. About 105 minutes later, the aircraft was now enroute at FL220 about 25nm southwest of Prague (Czech Republic), the crew needed to shut the engine down and decided to divert to Munich (Germany), where the aircraft landed safely on runway 26R about 30 minutes after the decision to divert.

A replacement Airbus A330-200 registration EI-EJO was dispatched to Munich, resumed the flight and is estimated to reach Rome with a delay of 5.5 hours.

EI-DDH on stand (Photo: Markus Schwab):

Incident: Alitalia B772 near Munich on Jun 17th 2016, engine shut down in flight