Incident: THY A320 at Istanbul on Dec 23rd 2012, dropped engine cowl
By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Dec 24th 2012 09:45Z, last updated Monday, Dec 24th 2012 09:45Z
A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration TC-JPN performing flight TK-1825 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Dusseldorf (Germany) with 130 passengers, was departing Istanbul Ataturk Airport's runway 35R when parts of the right hand engine cowling (V2527) departed the engine. The crew levelled off at 8000 feet and returned to Istanbul for a safe landing on ruway 35R about 40 minutes after departure.
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