Incident

UA4420 - Incident: Gojet CRJ7 at Chicago on Nov 3rd 2021

Created Thursday, Nov 4th 2021 18:04Z, last updated Thursday, Nov 4th 2021 18:04Z

Chicago O'Hare International Airport
File photo: Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

A Gojet Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of United, registration N546GJ performing flight UA-4420 from Syracuse,NY to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was on short final to Chicago's runway 27R when a bird impacted the left hand engine. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 27R. Tower queried whether the bird strike had occurred right over the threshold, initiated a runway inspection and sent the next arrivals into go arounds.

The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD ON LANDING DAMAGING THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE, CHICAGO, IL.", the aircraft received "unknown damage", the occurrence was rated an incident.

Source: The Aviation Herald · #UA4420 on X

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