Gol B737 at Rio de Janeiro on Oct 9th 2023, engine failure

Last Update: October 10, 2023 / 09:37:54 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 9, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
G3-1023

Aircraft Registration
PR-GIH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-700, registration PR-GIH performing flight G3-1023 from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ to Sao Paulo Congonhas,SP (Brazil), was climbing out of Santos Dumont's runway 20L when the crew stopped the climb at FL090 after the right hand engine (CFM56) had emitted a number of bangs and streaks of flames. The aircraft diverted to Rio de Janeiro's Galeao Airport for a safe landing on runway 15 about 25 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto the next flight.

The airline reported the aircraft encountered a technical problem with one of the engines and diverted to Galeao Airport according to standard operating procedures.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 9, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
G3-1023

Aircraft Registration
PR-GIH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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