TO4268 - Incident: Transavia France B738 at Monastir on Apr 24th 2021
Created Sunday, Apr 25th 2021 21:42Z, last updated Sunday, Apr 25th 2021 21:42Z
A Transavia France Boeing 737-800, registration F-HTVO performing flight TO-4268 from Monastir (Tunisia) to Paris Orly (France), was climbing out of Monastir's runway 07 when the left hand engine (CFM56) ingested a number of birds later causing engine vibrations. The crew stopped the climb at FL240 and diverted to Tunis (Tunisia) for a safe landing on runway 01 about 42 minutes after departure.
The passengers were taken to hotels and rebooked on another flight the following day.
Maintenance found a number of fan blades deformed. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Tunis about 28 hours after landing in Tunis.
The deformed fan blades:
Source: The Aviation Herald