Swoop B738 at Abbotsford on Sep 10th 2019, bird strike
Last Update: September 12, 2019 / 21:08:00 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Swoop Airlines
Flight number
WO-312
Departure
Abbortsford, Canada
Destination
Edmonton, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GXRW
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The Canadian TSB reported: "The crew informed ATC of a mechanical thrust issue (CFM INTERNATIONAL, CFM56 -7B27/E) and elected to return to the point of departure. The aircraft landed without further incident at 15:42Z (11:42 EDT). The aircraft remained on the runway in order to facilitate an inspection by aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF)."
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Abbottsford about 54 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Swoop Airlines
Flight number
WO-312
Departure
Abbortsford, Canada
Destination
Edmonton, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GXRW
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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