3O101 - Incident: Arabia Maroc A320 at Tangier on Apr 13th 2024

An Air Arabia Maroc Airbus A320-200, registration CN-NMP performing flight 3O-101 from Tangier (Morocco) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), was accelerating for takeoff from Tangier when a bird impacted the aircraft prompting the crew to reject takeoff at high speed. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

A replacement A320-200 registration CN-NML reached London with a delay of about 3:10 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Tangier about 8 hours after the rejected takeoff. First information The Aviation Herald received suggests one of the engines (CFM56) sustained substantial damage.