United B763 at Geneva on Feb 3rd 2019, rejected takeoff due to bird strike

Last Update: February 4, 2019 / 22:31:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 3, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-957

Aircraft Registration
N646UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A United Boeing 767-300, registration N646UA performing flight UA-957 from Geneva (Switzerland) to Newark,NJ (USA), was accelerating for takeoff from Geneva's runway 04 when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed (about 130 knots over ground) following a bird strike into one of the engines (PW4060). The aircraft slowed safely, vacated the runway and stopped on the adjacent taxiway, emergency services responded. Two flights were instructed to go around as result of the rejected takeoff and the needed runway inspection.

The aircraft was towed to the apron about 90 minutes after the rejected takeoff.

The flight was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Geneva for about 29 hours, then departed as flight UA-2797 to Newark.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 3, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
United

Flight number
UA-957

Aircraft Registration
N646UA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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