Created Monday, Nov 10th 2025 18:17Z, last updated Tuesday, Nov 11th 2025 08:08Z
An Avianca Airbus A320-200, registration HK-5320 performing flight AV-4892 from Popayan to Bogota (Colombia), was climbing out of Popayan's runway 26 when the aircraft experienced a bird strike into the left hand engine (CFM56) causing the engine to fail. The aircraft stopped the climb at 11000 feet and diverted to Cali (Colombia) for a safe landing on runway 02 about 20 minutes after departure.

Colombia's DIACC reported: "This morning flight AV4892 with registration HK 5320, bound for Palmira, which experienced an engine failure due to a bird strike, landed without incident."

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