Gol B738 at Rio de Janeiro on Mar 4th 2020, engine shut down by itself, restart failed

Last Update: March 12, 2020 / 22:51:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 4, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
G3-4805

Aircraft Registration
PR-GGF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, registration PR-GGF performing flight G3-4805 from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil) with 106 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing through about FL140 out of Santos Dumont's runway 20L when the left hand engine shut down. The crew stopped the climb and attempted to restart the engine without success, declared emergency and diverted to Rio de Janeiro's Galeao Airport for a safe landing on runway 28 about 40 minutes after departure.

Brazil's CENIPA rated the occurrence an incident and did not open an investigation.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 4, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
G3-4805

Aircraft Registration
PR-GGF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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