Bird strikes - Curt Lewis

 

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Incident: SCAT B735 at Atyrau on Nov 10th 2020, flock of birds A SCAT Airlines Boeing 737-500, registration UP-B3723 performing flight DV-766 from Atyrau to Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) with 115 people on board, was climbing out of Atyrau when the aircraft flew through a flock of ducks or geese and received a number of bird strikes, one engine (CFM56) ingested a number of birds and began to emit unusual noises. The crew stopped the climb and returned to Aktyrau for a safe landing. The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights or refunded. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 28 hours after landing.

 

 

Incident: Iberia Express A320 at Palma Mallorca on Nov 9th 2020, bird strike An Iberia Express Airbus A320-200, registration EC-MUK performing flight IB-3921 from Palma Mallorca,SP to Madrid, SP (Spain), was climbing out of Mallorca's runway 24L when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet after an engine (CFM56) had ingested a bird. The aircraft returned to Palma Mallorca for a safe landing on runway 24L about 12 minutes after departure. The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto flights the following morning. The aircraft remained on the ground for about 20 hours, then positioned to Madrid and is now still on the ground in Madrid about 20 hours after landing in Madrid.

 

 

Incident: Budapest E120 at Pori on Nov 9th 2020, flock of birds A Budapest Air Service Embraer EMB-120 on behalf of FlexFlight, registration HA-FAN performing flight W2-5690 from Pori to Helsinki (Finland), was climbing out of Pori when the crew stopped the climb at FL170 reporting the aircraft had flown through a flock of birds and had received a number of bird strikes. The aircraft returned to Pori for a safe landing about 30 minutes after departure. The aircraft remained on the ground for about 7.5 hours, then departed as flight W2-5694 and reached Helsinki with a delay of about 8 hours.