Wizz A320 at Kiev on Jul 10th 2016, bird strike, flew two more sectors with damaged engine
Last Update: August 19, 2016 / 16:52:19 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 10, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Wizz Air
Flight number
W6-7308
Departure
Cologne, Germany
Destination
Kiev Zhuliany, Ukraine
Aircraft Registration
HA-LYU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Ukraine's NBAAI reported a post flight inspection revealed evidence birds were ingested into the right hand engine (V2527) suggesting minor damage only. Following visual inspection maintenance deferred a borescopic inspection to the period of overnight parking and released the aircraft to perform two more sectors, flights W6-7309 to Larnaca (Cyprus) and W6-7310 back to Kiev, both flights without any anomaly. Following landing of flight W6-7310 in Kiev, during overnight parking, maintenance performed the borescopic inspection and found internal damage requiring an immediate engine change before next flight. The NBAAI have opened an investigation into the occurrence and surrounding events.
Following flight W6-7310 the aircraft remained on the ground in Kiev until Jul 14th 2016 for about 90 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 10, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Wizz Air
Flight number
W6-7308
Departure
Cologne, Germany
Destination
Kiev Zhuliany, Ukraine
Aircraft Registration
HA-LYU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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