WN1954 - Incident: Southwest B737 at Raleigh/Durham on Sep 7th 2023
Created Thursday, Sep 7th 2023 17:58Z, last updated Thursday, Sep 7th 2023 17:58Z
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N919WN performing flight WN-1954 from Raleigh/Durham,NC to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA), was in the initial climb out of Raleigh's runway 23R when the crew stopped the climb at 3000 feet reporting they had a bird strike, it looked like the bird hit the #1 engine (CFM56, left hand), they still had a little bit of power on that engine. The aircraft returned to Raleigh for a safe landing on runway 23R about 15 minutes after departure.
Source: The Aviation Herald
