British Airways A319 at Hamburg on Dec 31st 2017, bird strike on landing
Last Update: December 31, 2017 / 16:41:33 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 31, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-964
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Hamburg, Germany
Aircraft Registration
G-EUPX
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The aircraft was unable to depart for the return flight BA-965 and is still on the ground about 8 hours after landing.
A passenger booked onto the return flight BA-965 reported the captain made a gate announcement that the aircraft flew through a flock of seagulls on approach to Hamburg and received a bird strike completely destroying one of the pitot tubes. The flight was cancelled and the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 31, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-964
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Hamburg, Germany
Aircraft Registration
G-EUPX
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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