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| Date: | Tuesday 16 March 2021 |
| Time: | c. 18:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-214 |
| Owner/operator: | LATAM Airlines Brasil |
| Registration: | PR-MYQ |
| MSN: | 5101 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B4/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 73 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | NE of Rio de Janeiro, RJ -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro/Galeão-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBG |
| Fortaleza-Pinto Martins Airport, CE (FOR/SBFZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
LATAM flight LA3031, a Airbus A320-214, took off from Rio de Janeiro/Galeão-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, bound for Fortaleza-Pinto Martins Airport, Brazil
During the climb, while crossing FL120, weather deviations were performed. However, the left windshield cracked after being impacted by hail. Due to adverse weather conditions at Rio de Janeiro, the flight was diverted to Belo Horizonte-Tancredo Neves Airport, where it landed safely at 19:18 UTC.
The aircraft suffered minor damage, restricted to the outer layer of the left windshield and the radome.
The incident aircraft resumed service on 19 March 2021.
Sources:
CENIPA
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/pr-myq#2719d7ba
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 January 2021 | PR-MYQ | LATAM Airlines Brasil | 0 | Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport, PR (CWB/SBCT) | |
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| Bird strike | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2021 20:20 | harro | Added |
| 19-Mar-2021 20:24 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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