Eurowings A332 at Cologne on Oct 20th 2015, engine access door separated on departure

Last Update: October 22, 2015 / 13:52:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 20, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Eurowings

Flight number
4U-592

Departure
Cologne/Bonn, Germany

Destination
Palma Mallorca, Spain

Aircraft Registration
D-AXGA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

A Eurowings Airbus A330-200 on behalf of Germanwings, registration D-AXGA performing flight 4U-592 from Cologne/Bonn (Germany) to Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain) with 169 passengers and 13 crew, departed Cologne's runway 14L when the engine access doors of the left hand engine (CF6) opened, separated and came to rest in the first third of the runway. The crew continued the flight and in absence of abnormal indications landed in Palma Mallorca without further incident about 2 hours later.

The airline confirmed that parts of the engine cowling separated, there were no abnormal indications, the crew received information when the aircraft was over southern France and continued the flight to Palma Mallorca. Lufthansa Technik as well as Germany's BFU are investigating as to why the parts separated.

Germany's BFU confirmed they were informed about the separation of parts of the cowling of the left hand engine and are currently undertaking a technical examination in coordination with Spain's CIAIAC.

The Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), Germany's ATC provider, reported that tower did not observe parts separating from the engine, the parts were later reported by another crew, collected in a runway inspection and identified, which took about 45 minutes. The crew was informed about the parts of engine cowling having been found when the aircraft was over southern France about one hour after departure.

Passenger Christina Beeke reported in Germany's Bild, that soon after takeoff she noticed something separating from the engine, took a photo and told cabin crew about her observation. Cabin crew however explained, this was no problem, and appeared uninterested, the flight was continued.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 20, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Eurowings

Flight number
4U-592

Departure
Cologne/Bonn, Germany

Destination
Palma Mallorca, Spain

Aircraft Registration
D-AXGA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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