Created Wednesday, Nov 11th 2020 19:46Z, last updated Wednesday, Nov 11th 2020 19:46Z
A SCAT Airlines Boeing 737-500, registration UP-B3723 performing flight
DV-766 from Atyrau to Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) with 115 people on board, was climbing out of Atyrau when the aircraft flew through a flock of ducks or geese and received a number of bird strikes, one engine (CFM56) ingested a number of birds and began to emit unusual noises. The crew stopped the climb and returned to Aktyrau for a safe landing.
The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights or refunded.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 28 hours after landing.
The engine seen after landing (Photo: SCAT):
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