Tag: bird impact

Mango B738 Returns to Cape Town after Being Impacted by a Pelican

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Mango Boeing 737-800, registration ZS-SJD performing flight JE-348 from Cape Town to Durban (South Africa), was climbing out of Cape Town’s runway 01 when a pelican impacted the leading edge of the left hand horizontal stabilizer causing a large dent. The aircraft continued the climb and reached FL330 about 130nm east of Cape Town, […]

Austrian Airlines A319 Received A Number of Bird Impacts at Amsterdam

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Austrian Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration OE-LDD performing flight OS-375 from Vienna (Austria) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was on approach to Amsterdam’s runway 18C when the aircraft flew through a flock of birds at about 2000 feet and received a number of bird impacts. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on the runway. After landing […]