Vueling A320 at Amsterdam on Jun 28th 2016, rejected takeoff due to bird strike

Last Update: June 28, 2016 / 21:44:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 28, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-8318

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-HGZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-HGZ performing flight VY-8318 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was accelerating for takeoff from Amsterdam's runway 24 when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed due to an engine (CFM56) ingesting a bird. The aircraft slowed safely and stopped on the runway while the crew was assessing the aircraft status. The crew subsequently reported that all indications were normal, they would vacate the runway and return to the apron.

The aircraft was unable to depart for the flight, a replacement Airbus A320-200 registration EC-LLM reached Barcelona with a delay of 4:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 14 hours after the rejected takeoff.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 28, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-8318

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-HGZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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