Lufthansa A321 at Munich on Mar 6th 2019, bird strike
Last Update: March 12, 2019 / 00:10:39 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 6, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-1838
Departure
Munich, Germany
Destination
Tenerife South, Spain
Aircraft Registration
D-AIDF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
A postflight inspection revealed the right hand engine had ingested a number of birds. The occurrence aircraft has not yet returned to service 5 days later.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 6, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-1838
Departure
Munich, Germany
Destination
Tenerife South, Spain
Aircraft Registration
D-AIDF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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