El Al B739 at Berlin on Mar 17th 2014, flock of birds
Last Update: March 21, 2014 / 13:55:13 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 17, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Flock of birds
Airline
El Al
Flight number
LY-352
Departure
Berlin Schoenefeld, Germany
Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aircraft Registration
4X-EHB
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900
ICAO Type Designator
B739
A Boeing 747-400 freighter registration 4X-ELF performed an unscheduled flight LY-803 to Berlin Schoenefeld the following day and delivered a new engine as well as a new nose cone for 4X-EHB.
Passenger Primoz Brezec reported the crew announced 4 birds hat hit the aircraft.
The airline reported maintenance identified 6 birds had impacted the aircraft, only the right hand engine ingested birds and sustained substantial damage. Three leading edge devices were damaged, one of them fractured, and the captain's pitot tube was damaged causing unreliable speed indications as result of the bird strikes.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 17, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Flock of birds
Airline
El Al
Flight number
LY-352
Departure
Berlin Schoenefeld, Germany
Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aircraft Registration
4X-EHB
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900
ICAO Type Designator
B739
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