Easyjet Europe A20N at Sal on Feb 1st 2025, bird strike

Last Update: February 3, 2025 / 17:02:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 1, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
U2-7781

Departure
Porto

Destination
Sal, Cape Verde

Aircraft Registration
OE-LSR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

An Easyjet Europe Airbus A320-200N, registration OE-LSR performing flight U2-7781 from Porto (Protugal) to Sal (Cape Verde), was on approach to Sal's runway 01 when a bird impacted the aircraft. The aircraft continued for a safe landing.

The aircraft was unable to continue service and is still on the ground in Sal about 48 hours later.

A replacement Airbus A320-200N registration OE-LSP was dispatched to Sal the following day with maintenance engineers on board and took the passengers to Porto with a delay of about 17.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 1, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
U2-7781

Departure
Porto

Destination
Sal, Cape Verde

Aircraft Registration
OE-LSR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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