Enter B738 at Warsaw on Dec 30th 2016, bird strike
Last Update: February 9, 2017 / 16:19:31 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 30, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Enter Air
Flight number
E4-7913
Departure
Warsaw, Poland
Destination
Larnaca, Cyprus
Aircraft Registration
SP-ENP
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration SP-ENZ is estimated to reach Larnaca and Mombasa with a delay of 4.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft was still on the ground 12 hours after landing back.
On Feb 9th 2017 Poland's PKBWL reported the right hand engine ingested a bird while the aircraft climbed through 302 feet outside the airport perimeter. The aircraft entered a hold to burn off fuel and returned to Warsaw. After landing two fan blades were found damaged in addition to damage to the engine's acoustic panels.
The cause of the incident was determined to be: "the presence of a bird in the flight trajectory of the aircraft."
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 30, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Enter Air
Flight number
E4-7913
Departure
Warsaw, Poland
Destination
Larnaca, Cyprus
Aircraft Registration
SP-ENP
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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