Vueling A320 at Bilbao on May 6th 2018, bird strike
Last Update: May 8, 2018 / 23:18:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Vueling
Flight number
VY-1451
Departure
Alicante, Spain
Destination
Bilbao, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EC-KDX
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The property owners reported they were outdoors in the garden when they heard a loud bang, looked up and spotted the aircraft followed by metallic debris, flesh and feather "raining" down into their property. One larger piece nearly fell onto their heads.
The airline confirmed a griffon vulture was ingested by the left hand engine, which however continued to work.
Other ground observers reported about 6-7 vultures were circling the area, one of them was sucked into the engine.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 59 hours later.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Vueling
Flight number
VY-1451
Departure
Alicante, Spain
Destination
Bilbao, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EC-KDX
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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