Vueling A320 at Vigo on Jun 17th 2022, rejected takeoff due to flock of birds

Last Update: June 20, 2022 / 17:17:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 17, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-1703

Departure
Vigo, Spain

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-MBD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-MBD performing flight VY-1703 from Vigo,SP to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was accelerating for takeoff from Vigo's runway 01 when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed after encountering a flock of pigeons, a number of birds were ingested into the left hand engine (CFM56). The aircraft slowed safely.

The flight needed to be cancelled. The passengers were bussed to Porto and flew from there.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Vigo for about 62 hours (2 days 14 hours) before returning to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 17, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-1703

Departure
Vigo, Spain

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-MBD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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