TU700 - Incident: Tunis A320 at Tunis on Aug 1st 2021
Created Tuesday, Aug 3rd 2021 14:45Z, last updated Tuesday, Aug 3rd 2021 14:45Z
A Tunis Air Airbus A320-200, registration TS-IMT performing flight TU-700 from Tunis (Tunisia) to Geneva (Switzerland), was in the initial climb out of Tunis when a bird impacted the left hand wing and another bird was ingested by the left hand engine (CFM56). The aircraft stopped the climb and returned to Tunis for a safe landing.
A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration TS-IMF reached Geneva with a delay of about 3:45 hours.
The engine seen after landing back:
The wing seen after landing back:
Source: The Aviation Herald · #TU700 on X