Qatar A333 at Istanbul on Aug 18th 2016, bird strike
Last Update: August 20, 2016 / 20:34:07 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 18, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Qatar Airways
Flight number
QR-240
Departure
Istanbul, Turkey
Destination
Doha, Qatar
Aircraft Registration
A7-AEO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The fan blades of the engine were badly bent.
The airline reported flight QR240 returned to Istanbul for a safe landing, all passengers disembarked normally.
A replacement A330-300 registration A7-AEM reached Doha with a delay of about 12 hours.
On Aug 20th 2016 The Aviation Herald received information that following the bird strike the crew did not observe any unusual indication like vibrations or abnormal EGT values on the ECAM display, however, passengers advised the crew of seeing flames from the engine. At the same time ground observers issued emergency calls to police reporting the engine on fire. Engine #1 is going to be replaced.
Following query of the information on Aug 20th 2016 the information was amended stating, that the first bang occurred just after becoming airborne prior to gear retraction. Due to the absence of abnormal engine indications the crew assumed a tyre had burst and decided to not retract the landing gear. Subsequently the crew received information from the passengers that the left hand engine was on fire. The bird(s) had not gone into the core of the engine, but went through the bypass however not without leaving damage to the engine inlet, linear panels, fan blades, abradable shroud and outlet guide vanes.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 18, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Qatar Airways
Flight number
QR-240
Departure
Istanbul, Turkey
Destination
Doha, Qatar
Aircraft Registration
A7-AEO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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