Air France A319 at Amsterdam on Sep 4th 2014, bird strike

Last Update: September 9, 2014 / 15:49:01 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 4, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-4305

Aircraft Registration
F-GRHD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

An Air France Airbus A319-100, registration F-GRHD performing flight AF-4305 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Marseille (France), departed Amsterdam's runway 36C, when immediately after becoming airborne the crew declared PAN, PAN, PAN reporting the right hand engine (CFM56) had ingested a bird and requested to stop the climb at 2000 feet. The aircraft landed safely on runway 36R about 10 minutes after departure.

A runway inspection revealed remains of birds on the runway center line.

The flight was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground at Amsterdam about 11 hours after the occurrence.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 4, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-4305

Aircraft Registration
F-GRHD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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