Astana A21N at Istanbul and Almaty on Aug 23rd 2022, bird strike

Last Update: August 23, 2022 / 19:33:19 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 23, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Astana

Flight number
KC-912

Aircraft Registration
EI-KGD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

An Air Astana Airbus A321-200N, registration EI-KGD performing flight KC-912 (dep Aug 22nd) from Istanbul (Turkey) to Almaty (Kazakhstan), performed a seemingly uneventful flight departing Istanbul's runway 35L, climbing to FL330 enroute and landing on Almaty's runway 05R.

Air Astana reported however that a post flight inspection revealed traces of a bird strike in one of the engines (PW1133G) requiring a borescopic inspection.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
EI-KGD
Country of Registration
Ireland
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE
Aircraft Model / Type
A321-271NX
ICAO Aircraft Type
A21N
Year of Manufacture
Serial Number
Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]
Engine Count
Engine
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 23, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Astana

Flight number
KC-912

Aircraft Registration
EI-KGD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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