TAP A332 at Sao Paulo on Oct 21st 2016, bird strike
Last Update: October 22, 2016 / 23:55:46 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 21, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
TAP Air Portugal
Flight number
TP-82
Departure
Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil
Destination
Lisbon, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TON
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
A passenger reported that just when the aircraft rotated for takeoff loud noise like an electric hammer from the left hand side occurred, there were enormeous vibrations in the cabin. The aircraft climbed and levelled off, the noise and vibrations reduced. When the crew attempted to climb the aircraft further, the noise and vibrations increased again, the aircraft stabilized and noise and vibrations disappeared. The captain announced, that they were returning to Sao Paulo, they thought they had hit a bird on takeoff and needed to check the left hand engine out. After landing and inspection of the engine the captain announced, that the engine was badly damaged and they needed to change the aircraft. Another aircraft had just landed and departed as TP-82 about 2 hours after landing back.
A replacement Airbus A330-200 registration CS-TOL reached Lisbon with a delay of 3:20 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Sao Paulo about 28 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 21, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
TAP Air Portugal
Flight number
TP-82
Departure
Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil
Destination
Lisbon, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TON
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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