Bird strikes - Curt Lewis

Incident: GoAir A20N at Delhi on Nov 18th 2017, bird strike   A GoAir Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-WGE performing flight G8-140 from Delhi to Patna (India) with 174 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Delhi's runway 28 when a bird impacted the aircraft prompting the crew to stop the climb at FL150 and return to Delhi for a safe landing on runway 27 about 20 minutes after departure. The airline reported the nose of the aircraft sustained damage. A replacement A320-200 registration VT-GOR reached Patna with a delay of 2.5 hours. The occurrence aircraft resumed service after about 4 hours on the ground.

 

Incident: Mango B738 at Johannesburg on Nov 19th 2017, bird strike   A Mango Boeing 737-800, registration ZS-SJH performing flight JE-147 from Johannesburg to Cape Town (South Africa) with 179 people on board, was climbing out of Johannesburg's runway 03L when a bird impacted the left hand engine inlet (CFM56) causing a dent at the engine inlet. The crew stopped the climb at about FL200 and decided to return to Johannesburg for a safe landing on runway 03L about 25 minutes after departure. Passenger Sergio Davids reported a bird impacted the left hand engine, then he could smell smoke in the cabin. The left hand engine in flight (Photo: Sergio Davids):   Top