An Air Baltic Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration YL-CSC performing flight BT-617 from Riga (Latvia) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was in the initial climb out of Riga's runway 18 when the aircraft received a bird strike. The aircraft continued the climb and flight towards Amsterdam and was enroute at FL380 about 230nm westsouthwest of Riga when the crew decided to turn around and return to Riga, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 18 about 75 minutes after departure.
A replacement BCS3 registration YL-CSM reached Amsterdam with a delay of 3 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 14 hours, then resumed service.