Norwegian Air DY1933 Iran diversion

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On December 14, 2018, a regularly scheduled Norwegian Air Shuttle flight using the Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Dubai to Oslo suffered low oil pressure in one of its two CFM Leap engines. The plane landed in Shiraz, Iran with that engine shut down.[1][2] Since US goods, especially aircraft and parts, are not allowed to be imported to Iran, the plane was stranded there. The plane left Iran on 22 February 2019, ten weeks after it landed there.[3] [4][5] [6][7] [8][9]

As passengers and crew didn't have Visas to enter Iran, they were sequestered in a hotel overnight, then returned to the airport, leaving on a 737-800.[10] That 737-800 had to divert to Warsaw, having higher-than-expected fuel burn, either from headwinds or unplanned additional weight.

Since President Trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement with Iran and placed them under sanctions a month prior, the repair parts for the CFM leap engine could not be imported. Further, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which would grant exceptions to the sanction, was shut down from December 22, 2018 until January 25, 2019.

The plane, LN-BKE,[10] was only six weeks old when the incident occurred.

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  1. ^ "A Norwegian 737 MAX 8 from Dubai to Oslo diverts to Shiraz, Iran - Aviation24.be". Aviation24.be. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Norwegian's brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 8 'stuck' in Iran for weeks". aerotime.aero. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Seventy days after diversion to Shiraz in Iran, Norwegian's Boeing 737 MAX 8 returns to Stockholm - Aviation24.be". Aviation24.be. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019. Luckily this week, the aircraft was repaired and on 22 February, the aircraft finally departed back to Stockholm, Sweden.
  4. ^ "Breaking: Norwegian 737 Takes Off From Iran After Being Stuck For 2 Months - Simple Flying". Simple Flying. Retrieved 23 February 2019. Norwegian’s Boeing 737: LN-BKE has taken off from Shiraz, Iran with the flight number: DY8921. It is expect to arrive into Stockholm Arlanda at 3:03AM local time.
  5. ^ "Norwegian Air plane stranded in Iran since December". Stuff. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Sixty days after diversion to Shiraz in Iran, Norwegian's Boeing 737 MAX 8 is still stranded - Aviation24.be". Aviation24.be. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. ^ "A Norwegian aircraft is stranded in Iran because of Trump's sanctions". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Forty days after diversion to Shiraz in Iran, Norwegian's Boeing 737 MAX 8 is still stranded - Aviation24.be". Aviation24.be. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  9. ^ "A Norwegian Air Jet Landed in Iran 4 Weeks Ago. It Can't Leave Yet". nytimes.com. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  10. ^ a b @AirportWebcams (14 December 2018). "INCIDENT: Norwegian #DY1933 Dubai to Oslo (Boeing 737 MAX 8 LN-BKE) diverted to Shiraz. Iran at 1210IRST (0840UTC) today with one engine shut down. The aircraft is 6 weeks old. 737-800 LN-DYG is currently inbound to collect the 186 pax Pic taken at Shiraz, via @Aerospacetalk" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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