Thursday, June 30, 2016

Vueling A320 at Amsterdam on Jun 28th 2016, rejected takeoff due to bird strike



A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-HGZ performing flight VY-8318 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was accelerating for takeoff from Amsterdam's runway 24 when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed due to an engine (CFM56) ingesting a bird. The aircraft slowed safely and stopped on the runway while the crew was assessing the aircraft status. The crew subsequently reported that all indications were normal, they would vacate the runway and return to the apron.

The aircraft was unable to depart for the flight, a replacement Airbus A320-200 registration EC-LLM reached Barcelona with a delay of 4:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 14 hours after the rejected takeoff.

Incident: Vueling A320 at Amsterdam on Jun 28th 2016, rejected takeoff due to bird strike

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