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| Date: | Friday 20 October 2017 |
| Time: | c. 09:30 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8FE (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Virgin Australia Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-YFX |
| MSN: | 41013/6330 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Melbourne-Tullamarine Airport, VIC (MEL/YMML) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Melbourne-Tullamarine Airport, VIC (MEL/YMML) |
| Brisbane International Airport, QLD (BNE/YBBN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Virgin Australia flight VA319 returned to land at Melbourne-Tullamarine Airport, Australia after sustaining a bird strike.
The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, took off from runway 27 at 09:27. During initial climb an eagle was reportedly ingested by one of the engines.
A safe landing was carried out on runway 16 at 09:43.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/va319#f43c843
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VOZ319/history/20171019/2200Z/YMML/YMML/tracklog
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/eagle-blamed-for-emergency-plane-landing-at-melbourne-airport/news-story/d81e96931f09162b0b4af3fc62742a02?nk=82406c4b2bb8f0e0791894a3b854176d-1508492045
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/virgin-flight-forced-to-turn-back-after-bird-strike-20171020-gz59do.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Oct-2017 09:42 | harro | Added |
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