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
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
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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