Created Tuesday, Oct 10th 2023 09:37Z, last updated Tuesday, Oct 10th 2023 09:37Z
A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-700, registration PR-GIH performing flight G3-1023 from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ to Sao Paulo Congonhas,SP (Brazil), was climbing out of Santos Dumont's runway 20L when the crew stopped the climb at FL090 after the right hand engine (CFM56) had emitted a number of bangs and streaks of flames. The aircraft diverted to Rio de Janeiro's Galeao Airport for a safe landing on runway 15 about 25 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto the next flight.

The airline reported the aircraft encountered a technical problem with one of the engines and diverted to Galeao Airport according to standard operating procedures.

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