Iberia Express A321 at Madrid on Sep 18th 2018, inflight nesting not recommended

Last Update: September 19, 2018 / 21:36:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 18, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iberia Express

Flight number
IB-3842

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Destination
Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-JEJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

An Iberia Express Airbus A321-200, registration EC-JEJ performing flight IB-3842 from Madrid,SP to Santa Cruz de la Palma,CI (Spain), was climbing out of Madrid's runway 36L when the aircraft received a bird strike. In the absence of abnormal indications the crew continued the climb but stopped the climb at FL280 when it became clear a left hand flap track fairing had taken damage as result of the bird strike. The aircraft returned to Madrid for a safe landing on runway 32L about 70 minutes after departure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 18, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iberia Express

Flight number
IB-3842

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Destination
Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-JEJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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