Lufthansa Cityline CRJ9 at Munich on Aug 6th 2018, bird strike
Last Update: August 13, 2018 / 21:21:06 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 6, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Lufthansa Cityline
Flight number
LH-1687
Departure
Debrecen, Hungary
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ACKA
Aircraft Type
Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-705
ICAO Type Designator
CRJ9
The aircraft was unable to perform its next scheduled flight LH-1664 to Sibiu (Romania) and remained on the ground for about 5 hours before returning to service.
A passenger booked onto the flight to Sibiu reported D-ACKA was planned to perform the flight, however, was replaced by D-ACKB, which departed with a delay of about one hour. They were told the aircraft change was necessary due to a bird strike.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 6, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Lufthansa Cityline
Flight number
LH-1687
Departure
Debrecen, Hungary
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ACKA
Aircraft Type
Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-705
ICAO Type Designator
CRJ9
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