Tema: Incident: TAM A320 at Natal on May 19th 2012, dropped fan cowl doors

A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MYP performing flight JJ-3317 from Natal,RN to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil) with 166 people on board, was climbing out of Natal when both inboard and outboard fan cowl doors of the left engine (CFM56) opened in flight and were ripped off the engine. The crew levelled off, burned off fuel for about one hour and returned to Natal for a safe landing.

Passengers described the event as an engine explosion.

PR-MYP without its left hand fan cowl doors (Photo: Caninde Soares):

Incident: TAM A320 at Natal on May 19th 2012, dropped fan cowl doors

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