Created Thursday, Jul 8th 2021 17:28Z, last updated Thursday, Jul 8th 2021 17:28Z
An Air Baltic Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration YL-CSL performing flight
BT-671 from Riga (Latvia) to Manchester,EN (UK), departed Riga's runway 18, climbed to FL400 enroute and landed safely on Manchester's runway 23R.
A post flight inspection revealed a bird had impacted the leading edge of the left hand wing. The aircraft was unable to perform the return flight BT-672, which needed to be cancelled.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Manchester for about 15 hours, then positioned to Riga and is still on the ground in Riga 8 hours after landing in Riga and about 26 hours after landing in Manchester.
