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| Date: | Sunday 3 January 2021 |
| Time: | 23:30 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroméxico |
| Registration: | N782AM |
| MSN: | 37165/330 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Engine model: | GE GEnx-1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Cancún Airport (CUN/MMUN) -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cancún Airport (CUN/MMUN) |
| Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX) | |
| Investigating agency: | CIDAIA Mexico |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Aeroméxico flight AM549, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, aborted the takeoff from runway 12L at Cancun Airport, Mexico, following a bird strike to engine no.1 at a speed of 100 knots.
The aircraft taxied back to the terminal and the flight was cancelled.
Cause:
Discontinuation of takeoff run due to bird (Ocellated Turkey) in engine number one causing internal engine damage, due to decreased vigilance for the presence of birds."
Contributing factors:
Presence of bird on the runway
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Aeromexico
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n782am#267a7bf3
https://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/DireccionesGrales/DGAC-archivo/modulo11/inf-final-inc-n782am-apto-i-cancun-qr-030121.pdf
Location
Media:
🚨#ÚLTIMAHORA Un video registró el momento en que un Boeing B787 de Aeroméxico aborto un despegue en el Aeropuerto de Cancún debido a una falla en el motor, producida por la ingesta de aves durante la carrera de decolaje.
— Webinfomil.com (@Webinfomil) January 4, 2021
El vuelo #AM549 tenía como destino la Ciudad de México. pic.twitter.com/9yQ7iF1dy4
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2021 10:47 | harro | Added |
| 04-Jan-2021 10:48 | harro | Updated [Operator, Location, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Feb-2022 17:35 | srod | Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-Feb-2022 17:39 | harro | Updated [Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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