Easyjet Europe A20N at Sal on Feb 1st 2025, bird strike
Last Update: February 3, 2025 / 17:02:52 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 1, 2025
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Easyjet Europe
Flight number
U2-7781
Departure
Porto
Destination
Sal, Cape Verde
Aircraft Registration
OE-LSR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
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
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Easyjet Europe
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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