Aeroflot A320 at Rostov on Oct 29th 2015, rejected takeoff because of bird strike

Last Update: October 30, 2015 / 21:26:13 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 29, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-1165

Aircraft Registration
VP-BWF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Aeroflot Airbus A320-200, registration VP-BWF performing flight SU-1165 from Rostov to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia), was accelerating for takeoff from Rostov's runway 04 when an engine (CFM56) ingested a bird prompting the crew to reject takeoff at high speed. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

The passengers were rebooked onto the next flight SU-1161 and reached Moscow with a delay of 3 hours.

The occurrence aircraft positioned to Moscow the following day after about 19 hours on the ground, but has not yet resumed service 31 hours after rejecting takeoff.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 29, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-1165

Aircraft Registration
VP-BWF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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