XQ791 - Incident: Sun Express B738 at Stuttgart on Aug 7th 2025
Created Monday, Aug 11th 2025 16:04Z, last updated Monday, Aug 11th 2025 16:04Z
A Sun Express Boeing 737-800, registration TC-SOR performing flight XQ-791 from Stuttgart (Germany) to Ankara (Turkey), was climbing out of Stuttgart's runway 07 when the crew stopped the climb at FL060 following a bird strike into one of the engines (CFM56). The aircraft returned to Stuttgart for a safe landing on runway 07 about 35 minutes after departure.
Passengers reported the captain announced some technical problem, subsequently it emerged a bird had flown into one of the engines.
The aircraft was able to depart again about 3 hours after landing back and reached Ankara with a delay of about 3:20 hours.
Source: The Aviation Herald