British Airways B734 at Genoa on Sep 24th 2012, bird strikes into both engines

Last Update: September 27, 2012 / 19:43:28 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 24, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-2689

Departure
Genoa, Italy

Aircraft Registration
G-DOCL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

A British Airways Boeing 737-400, registration G-DOCL performing flight BA-2689 from Genoa (Italy) to London Gatwick,EN (UK) with 126 passengers, was in the initial climb out of Genoa when the aircraft flew through a flock of gulls and ingested a number of birds into both engines (CFM56). The crew shut down one engine in flight, returned to Genoa for a safe landing about 20 minutes after departure and shut the other vibrating engine down immediately after landing.

The flight was cancelled.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 24, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-2689

Departure
Genoa, Italy

Aircraft Registration
G-DOCL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

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