Incident: Gol B738 near Natal on Apr 12th 2023

A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, registration PR-GGK performing positioning flight G3-9675 from Belo Horizonte,MG (Brazil) to Sal (Cape Verde) with 4 crew, was enroute at FL400 over the Atlantic Ocean about 170nm northnortheast of Natal,RN (Brazil) when the crew received indications of low oil quantity and subsequently low oil pressure for the left hand engine (CFM56). The crew worked the related checklists, shut the engine down and diverted to Natal for a safe landing on runway 12 about 35 minutes later.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Natal for 2 days 22.5 hours, then continued the positioning flight to Sal.