UTAir B735 at Anapa on Jun 4th 2015, rejected takeoff due to bird strike

Last Update: June 6, 2015 / 20:28:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 4, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-500

Departure
Anapa, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BJT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

A UTAir Boeing 737-500, registration VQ-BJT performing flight UT-500 from Anapa to Moscow Vnukovo (Russia) with 15 passengers, was accelerating for takeoff from Anapa's runway 04 when an engine (CFM56) ingested a bird prompting the crew to reject takeoff. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

The passengers were rebooked onto the next flight.

The occurrence aircraft reached Moscow as flight UT-500 the following day with a delay of 31 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 4, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-500

Departure
Anapa, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BJT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

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