B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 225; Flight Crew Total 18000; Flight Crew Type 4361
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Ground Event / Encounter FOD; Ground Event / Encounter Object
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Returned To Gate; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Airport
While parked on taxiway C short of taxiway B intersection; no. 1 engine at idle; APU running; no. 2 engine shut down; a Mylar balloon suddenly appeared floating across the nose of the airplane; floated past the CA windows and moments later a pop was heard and the no. 1 engine instruments decreased and then the eng fail message appeared on the MFD. The engine start lever was placed in the cutoff position. I commanded the start of the no. 2 engine. We reviewed the engine failure QRH. We taxied to the gate uneventfully.
B737 Captain reported #1 engine fail message appeared after ingesting a Mylar balloon on a taxiway in MMMX.