Passaredo AT72 at Sao Paulo on May 12th 2015, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: May 13, 2015 / 20:35:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
P3-2234

Aircraft Registration
PR-PDB

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Passaredo Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration PR-PDB performing flight P3-2234 from Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP to Vitoria da Conquista,BA (Brazil) with 61 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing out of Guarulhos' runway 27R when the crew stopped the climb at FL120 due to the failure of the left hand engine (PW127M), secured the engine and returned to Sao Paulo for a safe landing on runway 27L about 30 minutes after departure.

The airline confirmed a technical problem shortly after takeoff, the aircraft returned to Sao Paulo. The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 12, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
P3-2234

Aircraft Registration
PR-PDB

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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