Lufthansa A20N at Tunis on Jun 29th 2021, bird strike

Last Update: June 30, 2021 / 16:08:43 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 29, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-1326

Destination
Tunis, Tunisia

Aircraft Registration
D-AINY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

A Lufthansa Airbus A320-200N, registration D-AINY performing flight LH-1326 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Tunis (Tunisia), departed Frankfurt's runway 18, climbed to FL370 and completed a seemingly uneventful flight with a safe landing on Tunis' runway 19 about 2 hours after departure.

A post flight inspection revealed evidence of a bird strike, the return flight LH-1327 (Jun 30th) needed to be cancelled. The passengers for the return flight were rebooked onto flight LH-1323, which departed about 10 hours after scheduled departure of LH-1327.

The occurrence flight is still on the ground in Tunis about 18 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 29, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-1326

Destination
Tunis, Tunisia

Aircraft Registration
D-AINY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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