Created Thursday, May 27th 2021 19:00Z, last updated Thursday, Jun 3rd 2021 15:41Z
A Jetsmart Airbus A320-200N, registration CC-AWL performing flight
JA-270 from Concepcion to Antofagasta (Chile) with 140 passengers and 7 crew, was in the initial climb out of Concepcion's runway 02 when the left hand engine (PW1127G) ingested a bird prompting the crew to level off at about 3500 feet and return to Concepcion for a safe landing on runway 02 about 20 minutes after departure.
A replacement A320-200 registration CC-AWC reached Antofagasta with a delay of about 3 hours.
The airline reported one of the engines ingested a bird prompting the crew to return to Concepcion.
On Jun 3rd 2021 Chile's Civil Aviation Authority reported the left hand engine ingested a bird on climb out of runway 02, the crew declared emergency and returned to Concepcion. None of the 140 passengers and 7 crew were injured, the left hand engine was damaged. The CAA reported the aircraft sustained substantial damage, however, did not yet rate the occurrence (e.g. serious incident or accident).
