Aeroflot A320 at Moscow on Sep 13th 2012, bird strike

Last Update: September 14, 2012 / 19:17:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 13, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-1410

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BAX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Aeroflot Airbus A320-200, registration VQ-BAX performing flight SU-1410 from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Ekaterinburg (Russia), was climbing out of Sheremetyevo's runway 25L when the left hand engine (CFM56) ingested a bird resulting in engine vibrations. The crew levelled off at FL050, entered a holding pattern to burn off fuel and returned to Sheremetyevo Airport for a safe landing on runway 25R about 40 minutes after departure.

Rosaviatsia reported six fan blades were found bent, remains of poultry found further downstream of the engine and a fuel leak was identified.

The aircraft is still on the ground 39 hours after landing.

A replacement A320-200 registration VQ-BKU reached Ekaterinburg with a delay of 2:45 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 13, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-1410

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BAX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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