Air Serbia flight returned to Belgrade after the crew heard a loud noise from the left hand engine.
On Thursday, December 26 2024, the flight JU142 departed Belgrade to Budapest.
The Airbus A319-100 (registration YU-APD) stopped the climb at 20,000 ft when the crew heard noise from the left hand engine and observed abnormal indications from the engine according to The Aviation Herald.
The flight immediately returned to Belgrade only 36 minutes after departure.
Serbia’s Traffic Accident Investigation Center investigators determined the reverser was missing an area of about 1 by 2 meters, which had separated and fallen off in flight.
The aircraft resumed operations only very recently on Jan 16th, 2025 for a flight to London Heathrow.
