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Incident: Sky A319 at Santiago on Oct. 14, Engine Access Door Separated in Flight

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Tatjana Obrazcova
Country: Chile Aircraft: Airplanes

A Sky Airline Airbus A319-100, registration CC-AIC performing flight H2-112 from Santiago to Copiapo (Chile) with 137 passengers, was climbing out of Santiago's runway 35R when engine access doors of the left hand engine (CFM56) opened and separated from the aircraft. The crew stopped the climb at FL150 and returned to Santiago for a safe landing on runway 35L about 25 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

The airline confirmed an isolated event that did not pose any danger to the occupants and stated the passengers were rebooked onto the next flight 3.10 hours later.





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