Iberia A333 at Sao Paulo on Apr 23rd 2015, bird strike

Last Update: April 24, 2015 / 23:33:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 23, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iberia

Flight number
IB-6824

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-LZJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

An Iberia Airbus A330-300, registration EC-LZJ performing flight IB-6824 from Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil) to Madrid,SP (Spain), departed Sao Paulo's runway 09L when a bird impacted the aircraft prompting the crew to stop the climb at FL120, dump fuel and return to Sao Paulo's Guarulhos Airport for a safe landing on runway 09L about 2 hours after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

The airline reported the aircraft suffered a bird strike, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 23, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iberia

Flight number
IB-6824

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-LZJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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