Incident Details
On January 22, 2015, at approximately 1700 local time (1600 UTC), an Air India Boeing 787-8, registered VT-ANL, suffered a failure of its right engine while in cruise flight. The aircraft was en route from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) in the United Kingdom to Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM) in Mumbai, India. The right engine is a General Electric GEnx-1B model. Following the failure, the flight crew diverted the aircraft to Budapest, Hungary, where it landed safely.
Investigation
The Transportation Safety Bureau of Hungary is leading the investigation into this incident. As the state of design and manufacture of the airplane and engines, the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All requests for information should be directed to the Hungarian Transportation Safety Board.