Aurigny AT72 at Manchester on Jul 1st 2019, loud bang on takeoff rotation

Last Update: July 1, 2019 / 22:54:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 1, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
GR-671

Aircraft Registration
G-COBO

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

An Aurigny Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration G-COBO performing flight GR-671 from Manchester,EN to Guernsey,CI (UK), was climbing out of Manchester's runway 23L when a passenger informed cabin crew about a loud bang just as the aircraft rotated for takeoff. The flight crew stopped the climb at about 3500 feet and returned to Manchester for a safe landing on runway 23R about 15 minutes after departure.

The airline reported the aircraft returned to Manchester a a precaution, an inspection revealed no obvious defects.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Manchester about 15 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 1, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
GR-671

Aircraft Registration
G-COBO

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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