Blue B734 at Liverpool on Aug 17th 2015, suspected bird strike

Last Update: August 20, 2015 / 23:00:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 17, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Blue Air

Flight number
0B-134

Aircraft Registration
YR-BAJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

A Blue Air Boeing 737-400, registration YR-BAJ performing flight 0B-134 from Liverpool,EN (UK) to Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) with 156 people, was climbing out of Liverpool's runway 27 when the crew stopped the climb at about FL130 reporting they suspected a bird strike on departure. The aircraft entered a hold at 5000 feet to burn off fuel and returned to Liverpool for a safe landing on runway 27 about 2 hours after departure.

An inspection after landing found no evidence of a bird strike, the aircraft departed again after about 2 hours after landing and reached Bucharest with a delay of 5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 17, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Blue Air

Flight number
0B-134

Aircraft Registration
YR-BAJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

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