Created Wednesday, Mar 10th 2021 16:54Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 10th 2021 18:51Z
An American Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N9021H performing flight
AA-1844 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Jackson,WY (USA) with 53 people on board, was climbing out of O'Hare's runway 09C when the crew declared emergency reporting they had just had a bird strike on takeoff, stopped the climb at 5000 feet. The crew reported they took a "full Canada goose" into engine #1 (CFM56, left hand) resulting in high vibrations and EGT and N2 fluctuations. The crew advised that the engine was now operating nearly normal, but not normal enough to continue the flight. The aircraft positioned for an approach to runway 10C and landed safely about 15 minutes after departure and taxied to the apron.
A replacement A319-100 registration N8009T reached Jackson with a delay of 3 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Chicago about 24 hours after landing back.
The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT ENGINE #1 INGESTED A GOOSE DAMAGING BLADES AND ACOUSTICAL PANEL, CHICAGO, IL." The occurrence resulted in "unknown" damage.
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