Blue B734 near Bucharest on Oct 19th 2016, deafening noise in cockpit

Last Update: October 20, 2016 / 21:47:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 19, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Blue Air

Flight number
0B-1215

Aircraft Registration
YR-BAR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

A Blue Air Boeing 737-400, registration YR-BAR performing flight 0B-1215 from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Rome Fiumicino (Italy), was climbing through FL270 out of Bucharest when the crew decided to return to Bucharest reporting a loud deafening noise in the cockpit, which was also clearly audible over the radio (sound sample). The aircraft landed safely on Bucharest's runway 08R about 16 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 737-400 registration YR-BAE reached Rome with a delay of 2.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft resumed service after about 18 hours on the ground.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 19, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Blue Air

Flight number
0B-1215

Aircraft Registration
YR-BAR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

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