Air Berlin B738 at Kerkyra on Oct 14th 2012, bird strike

Last Update: October 14, 2012 / 16:36:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 14, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Berlin

Flight number
AB-3529

Aircraft Registration
D-ABMC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Air Berlin Boeing 737-800, registration D-ABMC performing flight AB-3529 (scheduled dep Oct 13th, actual dep Oct 14th with a delay of 14 hours) from Kerkyra/Corfu (Greece) to Muenster (Gerrmany), was climbing out of Kerkyra's runway 17 when the aircraft suffered a bird strike prompting the crew to level off at 3500 feet and return to Kerkyra for a safe landing on runway 17 about 15 minutes after departure.

A FlyNiki Airbus A321-200 registration OE-LEW is currently positioning to Corfu as flight AB-141P to resume flight AB-3529. The flight is estimated to reach Muenster with a delay of 21.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 14, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Berlin

Flight number
AB-3529

Aircraft Registration
D-ABMC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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