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| Date: | Wednesday 25 November 2015 |
| Time: | 07:26 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Luxair |
| Registration: | LX-LGE |
| MSN: | 4284 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW150 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Luxembourg Airport (LUX) -
 Luxembourg
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Luxembourg-Findel Airport (LUX/ELLX) |
| EGLC | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Luxair Dash8 Q400-series lost a piece of the no.1 engine cowling while taking off in Luxembourg for a scheduled flight to London-City-Airport (LCY). Size of the lost part is less than one square metre. The event was not detected until the plane had made an uneventful landing at it´s final destination at the LCY-Docklands-Airport.
Sources:
https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/ungluecksfaelle-und-verbrechen/luxair-flugzeug-verliert-teil-der-triebwerks-abdeckung-1.18652654
https://www.flightradar24.com//data/airplanes/lx-lge/#813ac30
Media:
Business trip to Luxembourg just got cancelled due to a problem with the plane. Hmmm what problem is that?!? pic.twitter.com/UxJ6MIOPJw
— Steve Hooper (@Super1983Hoops) November 25, 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Nov-2015 15:30 | Medevac | Added |
| 25-Nov-2015 15:40 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Sep-2017 19:20 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 13-Feb-2025 13:28 | ASN | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
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