Created Thursday, Oct 14th 2021 19:33Z, last updated Thursday, Oct 14th 2021 19:33Z
An Azul Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200, registration PR-AIZ performing flight
AD-8704 (dep Oct 10th) from Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP (Brazil) to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) with 134 passengers and 13 crew, was climbing through FL240 when the right hand engine (Trent 772) failed. The crew decided to return to Viracopos Airport for a safe landing on runway 15 about 45 minutes after departure.
The aircraft is still on the ground at Viracopos Airport about 88 hours (3 days 16 hours) after landing back.
The airline reported the aircraft returned to Viracopos due to a technical problem.
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