American A320 at Tucson on Jun 24th 2018, loud bang on climb out

Last Update: June 25, 2018 / 20:40:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 24, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-2047

Aircraft Registration
N112US

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An American Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N112US performing flight AA-2047 from Tucson,AZ to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA), was climbing out of Tucson's runway 29R when the crew stopped the climb at 10,000 feet requesting to return to Tucson advising they had a loud bang just behind the cockpit that they wanted to be checked out. The aircraft returned to Tucson for a safe landing on runway 29R about 15 minutes after departure.

The FAA reported the aircaft received a bird strike, the damage is being assessed.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Tucson 25 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 24, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-2047

Aircraft Registration
N112US

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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