Caribbean ATR72 cowling panel detaches on takeoff

The cowling panel of an almost-new Caribbean Airlines (BW) ATR72 became detached during takeoff on flight BW300 bound from Piarco (POS) to for Caracas Friday morning. The aircraft returned to POS “without incident,” under normal power. The cowling panel detached at about VR (rotation speed), BW said...

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