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| Date: | Sunday 30 April 2017 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-223 |
| Owner/operator: | Brussels Airlines |
| Registration: | OO-SFU |
| MSN: | 324 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW4168A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | near Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR) |
| Freetown-Lungi International Airport (FNA/GFLL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU Belgium |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
After the notification by a witness to the Federal Police of a part falling from aircraft ATC notified Brussels Airlines. BA further notified ATC that one of their aircraft (Flight BEL241 to Freetown) was found with a missing part (fairing wing to fuselage) during a post-flight inspection. The separation of the fairing part occured during flight from Brussels to Freetown.
Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/perte-dun-carenage-aerodynamique-apres-le-decollage/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 December 2018 | OO-SFU | Brussels Airlines | 0 | near Brussels | |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2017 14:28 | harro | Added |
| 25-Jun-2022 21:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 07-Nov-2022 20:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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