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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Incident: Air France A319 at Madrid on Feb 17th 2012, bird strike

An Air France Airbus A319-100, registration F-GRHN performing flight AF-1600 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Madrid,SP (Spain), was on final approach to Madrid's runway 33L, when the aircraft collided with a bird. The crew continued for a safe landing on runway 33L and taxied to the apron.

Following a post flight inspection, that found the aircraft had received damage as result of the bird strike, the return flight AF-1601 was cancelled.


source: http://avherald.com/h?article=44b0f09a

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