Incident Boeing 737-8EH (WL) PR-GXQ,
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Date:Tuesday 15 January 2019
Time:14:54 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic B738 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 737-8EH (WL)
Owner/operator:Gol Transportes Aéreos
Registration: PR-GXQ
MSN: 39633/4779
Year of manufacture:2014
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Location:near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) -   Brazil
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ)
Destination airport:São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
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 Transportes Aéreos 0 Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL) min

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
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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