Created Thursday, May 27th 2021 19:23Z, last updated Thursday, May 27th 2021 19:23Z
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N8569Z performing flight
WN-4390 from Denver,CO to San Jose,CA (USA) with 178 people on board, was climbing out of Denver's runway 34L when the crew stopped the climb at 8000 feet MSL reporting they "had a pretty large bird" on departure. The crew advised they had some performance issues and would be landing overweight. The aircraft landed safely on Denver's runway 35L about 15 minutes after departure and taxied to the apron with emergency services following the aircraft.
The FAA reported one of the engines (CFM56) ingested a bird, in addition another bird damaged a landing light.
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