TUI B738 at Bournemouth on Sep 10th 2022, bird strike
Last Update: September 11, 2022 / 19:30:13 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2022
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
TUI Airways
Flight number
BY-6624
Departure
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Destination
Rhodes, Greece
Aircraft Registration
G-TAWI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The flight BY-4660 from London Gatwick was upgraded from a Boeing 737-800 to a Wamos Air Airbus A330-300 registration EC-NTY and reached Rhodes with a delay of about 7 hours (for BY-6624) and about 5:50 hours (BY-4660).
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Gatwick about 28 hours after landing.
A ground resident reported the aircraft sounded like a propeller aircraft as it passed overhead.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2022
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
TUI Airways
Flight number
BY-6624
Departure
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Destination
Rhodes, Greece
Aircraft Registration
G-TAWI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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