Wizz A320 at Sibiu on Feb 28th 2020, bird strike

Last Update: February 29, 2020 / 21:46:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 28, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-3805

Aircraft Registration
HA-LWY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Wizzair Airbus A320-200, registration HA-LWY performing flight W6-3805 from Sibiu (Romania) to Frankfurt Hahn (Germany), was climbing out of Sibiu's runway 27 when the left hand engine (V2527) ingested a bird prompting the crew to stop the climb at 6000 feet and return to Sibiu for a safe landing on runway 27 about 15 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration HA-LWD reached Frankfurt Hahn as flight W6-2470 with a delay of 6 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 22 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 28, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-3805

Aircraft Registration
HA-LWY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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