Vueling A320 at Turin on Dec 1st 2015, rejected takeoff due to bird strike

Last Update: December 4, 2015 / 21:21:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-6515

Departure
Turin, Italy

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-MBY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Vueling Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration EC-MBY performing flight VY-6515 from Turin (Italy) to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was accelerating for takeoff from runway 36 when the right hand engine (CFM56) ingested a bird prompting the crew to reject takeoff. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration EC-JSY was dispatched to Turin, performed the flight and reached Barcelona with a delay of 6 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Turin 3 days after rejecting takeoff.

On Dec 4th 2015 The Aviation Herald received information that the engine needs to be replaced.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-6515

Departure
Turin, Italy

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-MBY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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