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| Date: | Sunday 20 October 2002 |
| Time: | 23:40 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-3Q8ER |
| Owner/operator: | Southern Winds Lineas Aereas |
| Registration: | TF-ARA |
| MSN: | 28206/694 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 168 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) |
| Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA) | |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Boeing 767-300, Icelandic registration TF-ARA, registered to Air Atlanta Icelandic, and operated for Southern Winds Lineas Aereas, experienced a separation of the left off wing slide during takeoff at the Ezieza International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina. The flight was a scheduled international passenger flight from Buenos Aires to Miami, Florida. The aircraft received minor damage to the fuselage skin. No injuries were reported from the 157 passengers and 11 crew members. The flight was originating at the time of the incident.
Cause
During a regular passenger transport flight, during the take-off run, accidental inflation and detachment of an emergency slide due to failure of the opening system, without indication of such deployment in the cockpit.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.jiaac.gob.ar/files/2363620.pdf
2. NTSB Identification: MIA03WA011 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20021121X05498&ntsbno=MIA03WA011&akey=1
3. http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b767-28206.htm
4. https://jiaac.gob.ar/files/2363620.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Oct-2010 13:45 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2016 21:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2020 16:28 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2020 16:31 | harro | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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