Far Eastern MD82 at Kinmen on Apr 13th 2013, bird strike

Last Update: April 15, 2013 / 14:00:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 13, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
FE-66

Aircraft Registration
B-28035

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

A Far Eastern Air Transport McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration B-28035 performing flight FE-66 from Kinmen to Taipei Sung Shan (Taiwan) with 147 people on board, was climbing out of Kinmen about 12 minutes into the flight when a loud bang was heard from one of the engines and the crew received abnormal indications for the right hand engine. The crew shut the right hand engine down and returned to Kinmen for a safe landing about 35 minutes after departure.

A replacement aircraft reached Taipei with a delay of 3 hours.

The airline said, the crew suspected a bird strike and returned to Kinmen. Preliminary investigation results confirmed a bird had been ingested into the right hand engine.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 13, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
FE-66

Aircraft Registration
B-28035

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

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