THY A320 at Istanbul on Jan 27th 2015, bird strike

Last Update: January 28, 2015 / 22:36:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 27, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TK-271

Destination
Chisinau

Aircraft Registration
TC-JPB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration TC-JPB performing flight TK-271 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Chisinau (Moldavia), was climbing out of Istanbul Ataturk Airport's runway 35L when a bird impacted the aircraft prompting the crew to stop the climb at 7000 feet and return to Istanbul for a safe landing on runway 35R about 25 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration TC-JPY reached Chisinau with a delay of 2.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service 25 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 27, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TK-271

Destination
Chisinau

Aircraft Registration
TC-JPB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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