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Incident: Norwegian B738 at Trondheim on Sep 5th 2022, bird strike

By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Sep 5th 2022 19:41Z, last updated Monday, Sep 5th 2022 19:41Z A Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800, registration LN-ENS performing flight DY-1078 from Trondheim (Norway) to Riga (Latvia), was in the initial climb out of Trondheim's runway 09 when a bird impacted the aircraft just above the left windshield prompting the crew to stop the climb at 1500 feet and return to Trondheim for a safe landing on runway 09 about 8 minutes after departure. A large dent above the left hand windshield was observed. The flight as well as the return flight DY-1079 were cancelled. Incident: Envoy E145 at Dubuque on Sep 4th 2022, bird strike By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Sep 5th 2022 15:11Z, last updated Monday, Sep 5th 2022 15:11Z An Envoy Embraer ERJ-145, registration N932AE performing flight MQ-3904/AA-3904 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Dubuque,IA (USA), was on approach to Dubuque's runway 36 when a bird impacted the aircraft at the windshield prompting the crew to go around. The crew reported they were okay but needed another approach. The aircraft climbed back to 3000 feet, positioned for another approach and landed safely on runway 36 about 17 minutes after the go-around. The aircraft remained on the ground in Dubuque for about 9 hours before performing the return flight.