By Jon Manchester
An Air Transat flight bound for Vancouver from Costa Rica lost a door panel in flight on Dec. 21.
Aeroinside.com reports the Airbus A321-200N, registration C-GOIF, dropped the panel from an overwing exit after taking off from Liberia in northern Costa Rica.
The aircraft was on a positioning flight with just six crew on board.
As the plane climbed through 14,000 feet, the flight crew received indication the right overwing exit was unsecured. Cabin crew reported an alarm went off, a large panel had fallen off, and there were hissing sounds.
The crew declared PAN-PAN and returned to Liberia for a safe landing.
Aeroinside's report contains information from the Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Report System.
Transport Canada endeavours to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the data contained within CADORS, however, the information within should be treated as preliminary, unsubstantiated and subject to change.
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