Bulgarian Air Charter MD82 at Bourgas on Aug 21st 2014, bird strike

Last Update: August 25, 2014 / 16:15:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 21, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
VL-491

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
LZ-LDW

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

A Bulgarian Air Charter McDonnell Douglas MD-82 on behalf of Air Via, registration LZ-LDW performing flight VL-491 from Bourgas (Bulgaria) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was climbing through 1000 feet out of Bourgas' runway 04 when the aircraft flew through a flock of birds and received a number of bird strikes. The crew stopped the climb at about 1300 feet AGL and returned to Bourgas for a safe landing on runway 22.

A replacement MD-82 registration LZ-LDY reached Tel Aviv with a delay of about two hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 21, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
VL-491

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
LZ-LDW

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

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