Jetstar A320 at Cairns on Oct 9th 2015, bird strike

Last Update: October 10, 2015 / 21:59:59 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 9, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
JQ-978

Destination
Perth, Australia

Aircraft Registration
VH-VFH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetstar Airbus A320-200, registration VH-VFH performing flight JQ-978 from Cairns,QL to Perth,WA (Australia), was climbing out of Cairns' runway 15 when the crew reported a bird strike, stopped the climb at 6000 feet and returned to Cairns for a safe landing on runway 15 about 30 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights, some the next morning.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Cairns 36 hours later.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 9, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
JQ-978

Destination
Perth, Australia

Aircraft Registration
VH-VFH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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