Incident: Total B722 near Rio de Janeiro on Feb 16th 2021

A Total Linhas Aereas Boeing 727-200, registration PR-TTP performing a freight flight from Vitoria,ES to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil) with 3 crew, was climbing out of Vitoria when the crew detected a problem with the left hand engine's (JT8D) bleed air, but decided to continue the flight. The aircraft was later enroute near Rio de Janeiro,RJ (Brazil) when the crew received a cargo fire indication and diverted to Rio de Janeiro's Galeao Airport for a safe landing.

Brazil's CENIPA reported that shortly after takeoff the crew detected that the #1 bleed air was not commanding to close. The crew decided to continue to destination. Later in the flight while deviating around weather in turbulence the crew received a cargo fire warning prompting the crew to divert to Galeao Airport. The occurrence was rated an incident.