Wizz A320 at Cluj on Jan 27th 2020, bird strike

Last Update: January 27, 2020 / 22:44:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 27, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-3351

Departure
Cluj, Romania

Aircraft Registration
HA-LPU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Wizzair Airbus A320-200, registration HA-LPU performing flight W6-3351 from Cluj (Romania) to Brussels Charleroi (Belgium) with 169 passengers and 6 crew, departed Cluj's runway 25 when the aircraft received a bird strike. In the absence of abnormal indications the crew continued the climb to FL360 and the flight to Brussels. Enroute about 10nm southeast of Brno (Czech Republic) the crew decided to turn north and divert to Katowice (Poland), where the aircraft landed safely about 30 minutes after that decision and about 75 minutes after departure.

Katowice Airport reported the aircraft diverted to Katowice as the aircraft needed to be changed.

A replacement A320-200 registration HA-LWA reached Charleroi Airport with a delay of about 2 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Katowice about 9.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 27, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-3351

Departure
Cluj, Romania

Aircraft Registration
HA-LPU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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