American B752 at New York on Mar 17th 2015, flock of geese

Last Update: March 18, 2015 / 20:11:11 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 17, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-1320

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Saint Thomas

Aircraft Registration
N198AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

An American Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N198AA performing flight AA-1320 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Saint Thomas (Virgin Islands) with 126 passengers and 7 crew, was climbing through 1900 feet out of JFK's runway 22R when the crew reported they flew through a flock of geese and received a number of impacts but did not immediately require assistance. The aircraft was handed off to departure. While climbing to 12,000 feet the crew requested to level off earlier and stopped the climb at 7000 feet and advised they might need to return. The next departure reported passing a flock of bird at 1500 feet and another one at 2000 feet, at the same time warnings of flock of birds were issued to aircraft arriving on runway 22L. About 3 minutes after contacting departure the crew of the Boeing 757-200 declared emergency avising they were returning to JFK for an overweight landing, they were not sure what damage the aircraft had received, there were no vibrations or anything, and requested runway 22L then changed to 31L. The aircraft landed safely back on runway 31L about 20 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 757-200 registration N178AA reached Saint Thomas with a delay of 6.5 hours.

The FAA reported a post flight inspection revealed minor damage to a wing of the occurrence aircraft.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 17, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-1320

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Saint Thomas

Aircraft Registration
N198AA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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