El Al B738 at Tel Aviv on Sep 4th 2023, bird strike causes unreliable airspeed

Last Update: September 5, 2023 / 17:33:30 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 4, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-290

Departure
Venice, Italy

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
4X-EKP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An El Al Boeing 737-800, registration 4X-EKP performing flight LY-290 from Venice (Italy) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was on final approach to Tel Aviv's runway 21 when a bird impacted the aircraft, the captain's airspeed subsequently went all over the scale, the left hand stick shaker activated. The captain transferred control to the first officer, whose instruments were indicating normally and were in agreement with the stand by instruments, the crew initiated a go around from about 2000 feet MSL, climbed to 7000 feet while the crew was working the related checklists, then positioned for an approach to runway 30, where the aircraft landed safely about 20 minutes after the go around.

The Aviation Herald received information that the left hand stick shaker continued to operate for the remainder of the flight. The airport declared emergency level 2, about 90 ambulances were thus called to the airport but did not need to intervene. The bird strike had separated the left alpha vane.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 4, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-290

Departure
Venice, Italy

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
4X-EKP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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