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| Date: | Tuesday 15 January 2019 |
| Time: | 14:54 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8EH (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Gol Linhas Aéreas |
| Registration: | PR-GXQ |
| MSN: | 39633/4779 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
| São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
GOL flight G3 1025, a Boeing 737-800, suffered engine surges on climbout after takeoff from Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The flight crew elected to divert to Guarulhos Airport.
The flight took off at 14:53 UTC. During the initial climb over the sea, the no.2 engine surged with flames visible from the exhaust. The flight crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet and diverted to nearby Galeão (SBGL) Airport where it landed safely at 15:25 UTC.
Sources:
https://globoplay.globo.com/v/7301725/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 2021 | PR-GXQ | Gol Linhas Aéreas | 0 | Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL) | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2019 15:12 | cleberjc | Added |
| 16-Jan-2019 15:16 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2019 15:20 | harro | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2019 16:39 | Anon. | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 17-Jan-2019 07:11 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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