A Qantas Airbus A330-200, registration VH-EBA performing flight QF-37 from Melbourne,VI (Australia) to Singapore (Singapore), was enroute at FL380 about 170nm northnorthwest of Denpasar (Indonesia) when the crew turned the aircraft around and decided to divert to Denpasar after the right hand engine (CF6) was shut down. The aircraft drifted down to FL200 and landed safely on Denpasar's runway 09 about 40 minutes later.
A passenger reported the captain announced, that the right hand engine had experienced a massive loss of oil causing the oil pressure to drop to zero, the engine had been shut down.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Denpasar about 73 hours after (3 days one hour).
A passenger reported the captain announced, that the right hand engine had experienced a massive loss of oil causing the oil pressure to drop to zero, the engine had been shut down.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Denpasar about 73 hours after (3 days one hour).
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