Lufthansa A20N at Copenhagen on Jul 8th 2019, bird strike
Last Update: July 8, 2019 / 21:50:38 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 8, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-828
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark
Aircraft Registration
D-AINQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
A passenger booked onto the return flight LH-829 reported the captain announced the aircraft received a bird strike on the inbound flight. The captain thought the aircraft was okay to fly, however, they could not find anybody to sign the aircraft off for flight. The flight ultimately needed to be cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Copenhagen about 9.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 8, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-828
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark
Aircraft Registration
D-AINQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
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