Azul E195 at Rio de Janeiro on Dec 5th 2020, WOW

Last Update: December 9, 2020 / 17:05:39 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 5, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas

Flight number
AD-4357

Departure
Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, Brazil

Destination
Sao Paulo Viracopos, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-AUJ

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-195

ICAO Type Designator
E195

An Azul Linhas Aereas Embraer ERJ-195, registration PR-AUJ performing flight AD-4357 from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ to Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP (Brazil) with 92 passengers and 5 crew, was in the initial climb out of Santos Dumont's runway 20L when the crew received a "LG WOW SYS FAIL" message (landing gear weight on wheel sensor system failure). The crew stopped the climb at FL100, worked the related checklists and diverted to Rio de Janeiro's Galeao Airport for a safe landing on runway 15 about 40 minutes after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 30 hours, then positioned to Viracopos Airport, remained on the ground in Viracopos for another 30 hours before returning to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 5, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas

Flight number
AD-4357

Departure
Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, Brazil

Destination
Sao Paulo Viracopos, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-AUJ

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-195

ICAO Type Designator
E195

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