VY7845 - Incident: Vueling A320 at Tel Aviv on Jul 26th 2023
Created Wednesday, Jul 26th 2023 19:22Z, last updated Wednesday, Jul 26th 2023 19:22Z
A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-MUM performing flight VY-7845 from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was climbing out of Ben Gurion Airport's runway 26 when the aircraft sustained a bird strike causing a cracked windshield. The crew stopped the climb at about FL190 and returned to Tel Aviv for a safe landing on runway 12 about 40 minutes after departure.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Tel Aviv about 16 hours after landing back.
Source: The Aviation Herald