ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226366
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| Date: | Thursday 20 June 2019 |
| Time: | 06:10 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8K5 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | TUI Airways |
| Registration: | G-FDZT |
| MSN: | 37248/3532 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2011 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Location: | Edinburgh Airport (EDI/EGPH) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Edinburgh-Turnhouse Airport (EDI/EGPH) |
| Lanzarote Airport (ACE/GCRR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
TUI Airways flight BY1454, a Boeing 737-800, had just departed from Edinburgh's runway 24 when the aircraft suffered a bird strike. The flight crew stopped the climb at FL150 as result of a bird strike. The aircraft diverted to Glasgow, Scotland for a safe landing on runway 23 about 50 minutes after departure.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Glasgow for about 28 hours after landing, then resumed service.
It was later reported that the right-hand engine received damage as a result of the bird strike, with several bent fan blades.
Sources:
1. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-fdzt#20f5c431
2. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/4388505/edinburgh-lanzarote-flight-bird-strike-divert-glasgow/
3. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/edinburgh-tui-flight-lanzarote-forced-16548093
4. https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/flight-declares-mid-air-emergency-16456697
5. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tui-flight-edinburgh-lanzarote-forced-16546868
6. https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/traffic-and-travel/early-morning-edinburgh-to-lanzarote-flight-declares-emergency-after-hitting-bird-1-4950755
7. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7162269/TUI-flight-declares-emergency-hitting-bird-departure-Edinburgh-Airport.html
Media:
Incident Boeing 737-800 (G-FDZT) on 20 Jun 2019 at Edinburgh, flight Thomson Airways BY1454 from Edinburgh/EDI (Scotland, UK)🇬🇧to Arrecife/ACE (Lanzarote, Canary, Spain)🇪🇸,which was diverted to Glasgow/GLA (Scotland, UK)🇬🇧due bird strike. Bent fan blades of the right hand engine. pic.twitter.com/GNwntqYLn0
— Tomáš Semrád (@Tomas40916602) June 23, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2019 17:05 | harro | Added |
| 22-Jun-2019 21:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2019 09:34 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
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