LA1324 - Incident: LATAM Brasil A320 at Asuncion on Jul 23rd 2024

A LATAM Brasil Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MBH performing flight LA-1324 from Asuncion (Paraguay) to Santiago (Chile), was climbing out of Asuncion's runway 02 when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet following a bird strike into one of their engines (V2527). The aircraft burned off fuel and returned to Asuncion for a safe landing on runway 02 about one hour after departure.

The rotation was cancelled.

The aircraft is sitll on the ground in Asuncion about 14 hours after landing back.