AD2782 - Incident: Azul E195 at Sao Paulo on Aug 2nd 2024

An Azul Linhas Aereas Embraer ERJ-195, registration PR-AXU performing flight AD-2782 from Sao Paulo Congonhas,SP to Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ (Brazil), was climbing out of Congonhas' runway 35R when a large vulture impacted the right hand engine (CF34). The crew stopped the climb at FL100 and decided to divert to Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP (Brazil) for a safe landing.

The aircraft is still on the ground at Viracopos about 76 hours (3 days 4 hours) after landing at Viracopos.