Egypt B738 at Entebbe on Mar 1st 2024, bird strike

Last Update: March 4, 2024 / 14:31:11 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Egypt Air

Flight number
MS-835

Destination
Cairo, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
SU-GDZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Egypt Air Boeing 737-800, registration SU-GDZ performing flight MS-835 from Entebbe (Uganda) to Cairo (Egypt) with 116 people on board, was climbing out of Entebbe's runway 17 when a bird impacted one of the engines (CFM56) prompting the crew to divert to Kigali (Rwanda) where the aircraft landed safely on runway 28 about 35 minutes later.

MS-835 route is Cairo-Kigali-Entebbe-Cairo.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Kigali until Mar 3rd, then flew directly to Cairo as flight MS-835 and is still on the ground in Cairo on Mar 4th 2024.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Egypt Air

Flight number
MS-835

Destination
Cairo, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
SU-GDZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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