Lufthansa A319 at Frankfurt on May 8th 2014, bird strike

Last Update: May 11, 2014 / 20:23:02 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 8, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-288

Destination
Bologna, Italy

Aircraft Registration
D-AILS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Lufthansa Airbus A319-100, registration D-AILS performing flight LH-288 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Bologna (Italy), was in the initial climb out of Frankfurt's runway 18 when a bird impacted the left engine's cowl (CFM56) causing a dent at the engine inlet. The crew stopped the climb at FL100 and returned to Frankfurt for a safe landing on Frankfurt's runway 25L about 25 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A319-100 registration D-AILL reached Bologna with a delay of 2:20 hours.

The incident aircraft was able to resume service the following morning about 13.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 8, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-288

Destination
Bologna, Italy

Aircraft Registration
D-AILS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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