Incident Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet (CRJ-200ER) EC-IJF, Thursday 27 July 2006

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Date:	Thursday 27 July 2006
Time:	22:15
Type:	Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet (CRJ-200ER)
Owner/operator:	Air Nostrum
Registration:	EC-IJF
MSN:	7705
Year of manufacture:	2002
Engine model:	GE CF34-3B1
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 48
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	near Barcelona - Spain
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Barcelona Airport (BCN/LEBL)
Destination airport:	Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg EuroAirport (BSL/LFSB)
Investigating agency:	CIAIAC
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Fourteen minutes after takeoff a fan blade in the left engine separated. A fire erupted, which lasted for almost 10 minutes despite the fact that two extinguishing bottles were fire by the crew.
The airplane landed safely

Accident investigation: