LATAM Brasil A320 at Brasilia on Mar 7th 2019, bird strike

Last Update: March 8, 2019 / 01:01:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
JJ-3711

Aircraft Registration
PR-MYX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A LATAM Brasil Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MYX performing flight JJ-3711 from Brasilia,DF to Sao Paulo Congonhas,SP (Brazil), was climbing out of Brasilia's runway 11R when the left hand engine (CFM56) ingested a number of birds prompting the crew to level off at 7000 feet and return to Brasilia. The crew indicated they expected a normal landing though above maximum landing weight and performed a safe landing on runway 11R about 25 minutes after departure.

Maintenance inspected the left hand engine after landing back. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Brasilia about 14 hours after landing back.

The airline reported the engine had indeed ingested a bird.

A replacement A320-200 registration PR-MYV reached Congonhas with a delay of 2 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
JJ-3711

Aircraft Registration
PR-MYX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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