Flybe E195 at Cardiff on Sep 21st 2017, bird strike

Last Update: September 21, 2017 / 21:57:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 21, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Flybe

Flight number
BE-4565

Aircraft Registration
G-FBEK

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-195

ICAO Type Designator
E195

A Flybe Embraer ERJ-195, registration G-FBEK performing flight BE-4565 from Cardiff,WL (UK) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) with 90 people on board, was climbing out of Cardiff when a bird impacted the aircraft prompting the crew to stop the climb at FL140 and return to Cardiff for a safe landing about 25 minutes after departure.

Passengers reported that there was a bang sound and a jolt, then a burning odour developed in the cabin. The captain announced that they had hit a bird which caused the smell. The captain added that the engine appeared to be running fine.

A replacement Dash 8-400 registration G-PRPA reached Paris with a delay of 4 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 7 hours before returning to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 21, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Flybe

Flight number
BE-4565

Aircraft Registration
G-FBEK

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-195

ICAO Type Designator
E195

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