Malta A320 at Athens on Jan 31st 2014, bird strike
Last Update: January 31, 2014 / 21:27:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 31, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Air Malta
Flight number
KM-780
Departure
Malta, Malta
Destination
Athens, Greece
Aircraft Registration
9H-AEQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The aircraft could not continue the flight to Sofia (Bulgaria). A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration 9H-AEN positioned to Athens and continued the flight to Sofia reaching Sofia with a delay of 6:45 hours.
The airline confirmed a bird strike on approach to Athens followed by a normal landing. According to standard procedures the aircraft needed to be checked out, engineers were flown from Malta to Athens. To minimize disruptions a replacement aircraft was dispatched to Athens to continue the flight.
The incident aircraft was able to position back to Malta 11 hours after landing and resumed service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 31, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Air Malta
Flight number
KM-780
Departure
Malta, Malta
Destination
Athens, Greece
Aircraft Registration
9H-AEQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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