Bird strike Incident Airbus A320-216 EI-EIE,
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Date:Wednesday 26 September 2018
Time:11:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic A320 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A320-216
Owner/operator:Alitalia
Registration: EI-EIE
MSN: 4536
Year of manufacture:2010
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 98
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Trieste-Ronchi dei Legionari Airport (TRS/LIPQ) -   Italy
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Trieste-Ronchi dei Legionari Airport (TRS/LIPQ)
Destination airport:Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Alitalia flight AZ1358 returned to land at Trieste Airport, Italy, after suffering a bird strike on departure. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, turned back and landed on runway 09, the reciprocal runway, twelve minutes after takeoff.
It was subsequently grounded for inspections as one or more birds had been ingested by one of the engines.

Sources:

http://www.ansa.it/friuliveneziagiulia/notizie/2018/09/26/bird-strike-a-trieste-aereo-rientra-in-pista_9320afa9-0005-451a-8b1a-d0ddd5cf5039.html
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ei-eie#1dffe080

Revision history:

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26-Sep-2018 18:31 harro Added

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