Vueling A320 at Tel Aviv on Jul 26th 2023, bird strike

Last Update: July 26, 2023 / 19:22:24 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 26, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-7845

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-MUM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-MUM performing flight VY-7845 from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was climbing out of Ben Gurion Airport's runway 26 when the aircraft sustained a bird strike causing a cracked windshield. The crew stopped the climb at about FL190 and returned to Tel Aviv for a safe landing on runway 12 about 40 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Tel Aviv about 16 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 26, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-7845

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-MUM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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