Easyjet A319 at Madrid on May 6th 2012, bird strike
Last Update: May 11, 2012 / 13:57:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2012
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Easyjet
Flight number
U2-7728
Departure
Bilbao, Spain
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
G-EZBY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
A passenger booked onto the aircraft's next scheduled flight U2-3906 to Paris Charles de Gaulle reported, that the captain announced the flight had to be delayed for the arrival of another aircraft due to a bird strike on landing that damaged the weather radar.
A replacement Airbus A319-100 registration G-EZIR was flown from London Gatwick,EN (UK) to Madrid and reached Paris with a delay of 4:15 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2012
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Easyjet
Flight number
U2-7728
Departure
Bilbao, Spain
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
G-EZBY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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