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W95400 - Incident: Wizz A21N at Brasov on Feb 18th 2025

Created Tuesday, Feb 18th 2025 20:50Z, last updated Tuesday, Feb 18th 2025 20:50Z

Brasov
File photo: Brasov.

A Wizzair Airbus A321-200N, registration G-WUKY performing flight W9-5400 from Brasov (Romania) to London Luton,EN (UK) with 221 passengers and 7 crew, was climbing out of Brasov's runway 03 when the crew declared PAN PAN reporting they had flown through a flock of birds on rotation and had definitely had some impacts believed to be to the fuselage. The crew stopped the climb at FL120 and diverted to Cluj (Romania) for a safe landing on runway 25 about 55 minutes after departure.

The airline reported the crew advised of a possible bird strike and diverted to Cluj for a landing under normal conditions.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Cluj about 9.5 hours after landing.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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