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| Date: | Monday 23 January 2017 |
| Time: | c. 10:20 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8EH (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Gol Linhas Aéreas |
| Registration: | PR-GTP |
| MSN: | 34965/2341 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP) |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
GOL flight G31012, a Boeing 737-800, diverted to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport, Brazil after suffering multiple bird strikes on approach to Santos Dumont Airport.
The aicraft was on approach to runway 02R at Santos Dumont Airport when the incident happened. While descending through 700 ft AGL at a speed of 138 knots IAS multiple birds struck the fuselage and some were ingested in engine no.2.
The approach was aborted and the crew received airspeed disagree alarms, overspeed, stick shaker and altitude disagree alarms. It was decoded to divert to Galeão Airport where a safe landing was made on runway 15 at 10:42 hours.
The aircraft was repaired an re-entered service the next day.
Sources:
http://www2.fab.mil.br/cenipa/?op=NDc5MTk==&acao=detalhe&idioma=en
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/pr-gtp#c3f605b
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2017 19:25 | harro | Added |
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