World Atlantic MD83 at Brownsville on May 22nd 2019, bird strike

Last Update: May 23, 2019 / 17:07:30 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 22, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WAL-208

Aircraft Registration
N802WA

ICAO Type Designator
MD83

A World Atlantic Airways McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration N802WA performing flight WAL-208 from Brownsville,TX (USA) to Guatemala City (Guatemala), was climbing out of Brownsville's runway 13 when the crew stopped the climb at 15,000 feet due to a bird strike and returned to Brownsville for a safe landing on runway 13 about 35 minutes after departure.

The FAA reported the aircraft flight WAL-208 experienced a bird strike, returned and landed without further incident. The aircraft sustained unknown damage, highest level of injury unknown, registration unknown, flight phase unknown. The occurrence was rated an incident.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Brownsville about 28 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 22, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WAL-208

Aircraft Registration
N802WA

ICAO Type Designator
MD83

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