White A313 at Sao Tome on Dec 27th 2013, bird strike

Last Update: December 31, 2013 / 17:15:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 27, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
White Air

Flight number
TP-254

Destination
Lisbon, Portugal

Aircraft Registration
CS-TQV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A310-300

ICAO Type Designator
A313

A White Airbus A310-300 on behalf of TAP Air Portugal, registration CS-TQV performing flight TP-254 from Sao Tome (Sao Tome and Principe) to Lisbon (Portugal) with 103 passengers, was in the initial climb out of Sao Tome when an engine (CF6) ingested a bird prompting the crew to stop the climb and return to Sao Tome for a safe landing.

The flight needed to be cancelled due to the damage to the engine. The aircraft was able to return to Portugal the following day.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 27, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
White Air

Flight number
TP-254

Destination
Lisbon, Portugal

Aircraft Registration
CS-TQV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A310-300

ICAO Type Designator
A313

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