Serious incident to the A330 registered OO-SFU operated by Brussels Airlines on 30/04/2017 at Brusells [Investigation led by AIB / Belgium]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the authorities of Belgium :

After the notification by a witness to the Federal Police of a part falling from aircraft on 30 April 2017, ATC notified Brussels Airlines. BA further notified ATC that one of their aircraft (Flight BEL241 to Freetown) was found with a missing part (fairing wing to fuselage) during a post-flight inspection. The separation of the fairing part occured during flight from Brussels to Freetown.

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General information
Local date	30/04/2017
Responsible entity	Belgium - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Belgium
Location	AD Bruxelles
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2017-0229

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane
Operator	Belgium - Brussels Airlines N.V.
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A330
Aircraft Registration	OO-SFU
State of registry	Belgium
Last departure point	Belgium - EBBR (BRU) : Brussels/Brussels-National (Brussels Airport)
Planned destination	Sierra Leone - GFLL (FNA): Freetown/Lungi
Flight phase	Take-off
Serial number	324
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger

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