4M212 - Incident: Skyline B753 at Dusseldorf on Sep 9th 2025
Created Wednesday, Oct 22nd 2025 17:11Z, last updated Wednesday, Oct 22nd 2025 17:11Z
A Skyline Express Airline Boeing 757-300, registration UR-SLB performing flight 4M-212 from Dusseldorf (Germany) to Antalya (Turkey), was accelerating for takeoff from Dusseldorf's runway 05R when the right hand engine (RB211) ingested a bird prompting the crew to reject takeoff at high speed (about 116 KIAS). The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.
Ukraine's NBAAI reported V1 was 149 KIAS, when a medium to large size bird was ingested by the right hand engine, takeoff was rejected at 116 KIAS. A boroscopic engine inspection revealed damage to almost all stage 4 high pressue compressor blades, further operation of the engine was not possible.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Dusseldorf until Oct 4th 2025 before returning to service.
Source: The Aviation Herald
