Croatia A319 at Zagreb on Jan 29th 2018, bird strike

Last Update: January 30, 2018 / 20:19:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 29, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OU-4456

Aircraft Registration
9A-CTH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Croatia Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration 9A-CTH performing flight OU-4456 from Zagreb (Croatia) to Brussels (Belgium), departed Zagreb's runway 23 and was climbing through FL310 already in Austrian Airspace when the crew decided to return to Zagreb due to a bird strike. The aircraft landed safely back on Zagreb's runway 23 about 40 minutes after departure.

The airline reported the bird damage the radome. The aircraft was repaired and departed again for Brussels.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 3 hours, then departed again and reached Brussels with a delay of about 4 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 29, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OU-4456

Aircraft Registration
9A-CTH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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