LAM B737 at Maputo on Dec 29th 2022, AOA sensor broke

Last Update: December 29, 2022 / 21:11:13 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 29, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TM-190

Aircraft Registration
C9-BAR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A LAM Linhas Aereas de Mocambique Boeing 737-700, registration C9-BAR performing flight TM-190 from Maputo to Nampula (Mozambique) with 120 people on board, was climbing out of Maputo's runway 05 when the crew stopped the climb at about 6000 feet due to the failure of an Angle of Attack (AoA) sensor. The crew returned to Maputo for a safe landing on runway 05 about 15 minutes after departure.

A replacement de Havilland Dash 8-400 registration C9-AUW reached Nampula with a delay of about 12 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 13 hours before returning to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 29, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TM-190

Aircraft Registration
C9-BAR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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