Created Monday, May 9th 2022 15:17Z, last updated Monday, May 9th 2022 15:17Z
An Easyjet Airbus A319-100, registration G-EZGR performing flight
U2-6843 from Glasgow,SC (UK) to Faro (Portugal), was climbing out of Glasgow's runway 23 when the crew stopped the climb at about FL120 reporting a bird strike and decided to return to Glasgow. The aircraft descended to FL070 and entered a hold for about 25 minutes before landing on runway 23 about 40 minutes after departure.
The airline reported the aircraft returned to a bird strike. No replacement aircraft was available, the passengers were offered rebooking onto other flights or cancellation as well as hotel accomodation when needed.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service after about 14 hours.
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