Azores A320 at Ponta Delgada on Jan 2nd 2025, bird strikes into both engines
Last Update: January 3, 2025 / 19:31:35 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 2, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Azores
Flight number
S4-124
Departure
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Destination
Lisbon, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TKP
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A ground observer reported the birds had been sitting on the runway and flew up when the aircraft departed and collided with a number of them.
Passengers reported that just after having become airborne three or four bangs were heard in rapid succession from both the left hand and right hand engines each, subsequently the engines sounded strange and there were vibrations in the cabin.
A post flight inspection revealed both engines had been affected.
A replacement Airbus A321-200N registration CS-TSF reached Lisbon with a delay of about 2:15 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Ponta Delgada about 25 hours after landing.
According to information The Aviation Herald received, the Gaivotas (Portuguese for Gulls) struck the right main landing gear, belly and both wings, a gull and feathers was stuck at the left hand slats, the right hand engine fan blades need replacement.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 2, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Azores
Flight number
S4-124
Departure
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Destination
Lisbon, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TKP
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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