CA1040 - Incident: Air China B744 at Amsterdam on Jul 30th 2023
Created Sunday, Jul 30th 2023 21:47Z, last updated Sunday, Jul 30th 2023 21:47Z
An Air China Boeing 747-400, registration B-2476 performing flight CA-1040 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Shanghai Pudong (China), was climbing out of Amsterdam's runway 24 when the crew stopped the climb at FL070 reporting they had had a bird strike into engine #3 (inboard right hand, PW4056). The aircraft subsequently climbed to FL130 to dump fuel and returned to Amsterdam for a safe landing on runway 27 about 100 minutes after departure.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Amsterdam about 7:15 hours after landing back.
Source: The Aviation Herald