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| Date: | Sunday 27 April 2003 |
| Time: | 15:20 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-281 Adv |
| Owner/operator: | Aerolineas Argentinas |
| Registration: | LV-WTX |
| MSN: | 20561/292 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 87 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jujuy Airport, PJ -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jujuy Airport, PJ |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Cause
During a regular air transport flight, during the take-off phase, when performing the rotation, the right engine failed, due to the ingestion of bird/s that forced the pilot to stop it and perform a circuit for landing as a precaution, with no other problems.
Contributing Factors:
Existence of a dump two kilometers east of the airfield, which favors the presence of birds of all kinds, especially birds of prey and scavengers.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.jiaac.gob.ar/files/pdf/Bol34.pdf
https://jiaac.gob.ar/files/2363730.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2020 11:17 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Aug-2020 11:18 | harro | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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