Created Wednesday, Apr 26th 2023 11:16Z, last updated Wednesday, Apr 26th 2023 11:16Z
An Avianca Airbus A320-200, registration N411AE performing flight
AV-9377 from San Andres to Bogota (Colombia) with 184 people on board, was climbing out of San Andres' runway 06 when the right hand engine (CFM56) ingested a bird and emitted a series of bangs and streaks of flames (indicative of compressor stalls/engine surges). The crew levelled off at 1500 feet, shut the engine down and returned to San Andres for a safe landing on runway 06 about 16 minutes after departure.
The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto the next flight.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in San Andres about 15 hours after landing back.
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