Laser MD81 at Porlamar on Apr 14th 2016, engine failure

Last Update: April 15, 2016 / 20:47:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 14, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QL-905

Aircraft Registration
YV481T

ICAO Type Designator
MD81

A Laser Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-81, registration YV481T performing flight QL-905 from Porlamar to Caracas (Venezuela), was climbing out of Porlamar when the crew stopped the climb at about 10,000 feet reporting a right hand engine (JT8D) failure and returned to Porlamar for a safe landing about 15 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft resumed service the following day.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 14, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QL-905

Aircraft Registration
YV481T

ICAO Type Designator
MD81

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