Saturday, July 30, 2016

TAP A320 at Praia flight TP1534, bird strike



A TAP Portugal Airbus A320-200, registration CS-TNU performing flight TP-1534 from Praia (Cape Verde) to Lisbon (Portugal), departed Praia's runway 03 and was in the initial climb when the right hand engine (CFM56) ingested a bird. The crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet, shut the engine down and diverted to Sal (Cape Verde) for a safe landing on runway 01 about 30 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 20 hours, then positioned to Lisbon (Portugal) and resumed service.


The Aviation Herald

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