Created Tuesday, May 30th 2023 19:32Z, last updated Tuesday, May 30th 2023 19:32Z
A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-200, registration CS-TOO performing flight
TP-208 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Lisbon (Portugal) with 267 people on board, was climbing out of JFK's runway 22R when the crew advised they needed to return to JFK having hit something on departure just after becoming airborne and requested to level off at 3000 feet. The crew subsequently explained something had hit them on the engine or wing. The aircraft returned to JFK for an overweight landing on runway 22L about 15 minutes after departure.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in New York about 3 days 16.5 hours after landing back.
