Incident

9U548 - Incident: Moldova A319 at Tel Aviv on Jul 28th 2022

Created Thursday, Jul 28th 2022 16:29Z, last updated Thursday, Jul 28th 2022 16:29Z

Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport
File photo: Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport.

An Air Moldova Airbus A319-100, registration ER-AXL performing flight 9U-548 from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Chisinau (Moldova), was climbing out of Tel Aviv's runway 26 when an engine (CFM56) ingested a bird prompting the crew to stop the climb at about 4000 feet and returned to Tel Aviv for a safe landing on runway 30 about 20 minutes after departure.

The airline reported the aircraft returned to Tel Aviv due to a bird strike into an engine. As result subsequent flights to be performed by the occurrence aircraft (rotation from Chisinau to Paris) are being affected.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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