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Incident: United B787 at Sydney on Jul 4th 2016, suspected bird strike
A United Boeing 787-900, registration N27958 performing flight UA-840 from Sydney,NS (Australia) to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 308 people on board, was climbing out of Sydney's runway 34L when the crew reported they had flown through a flock of birds at about 1000 feet AGL and probably had a couple of them hit an engine (GEnx). The crew subsequently requested to stop.. (avherald.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
252 pax plus 56 employees? Seems a bit much.
Exactly the website I use to get my squawks.
YSSY should do something about the crowding bird flocks around the airport. The worst place for this occurrence is R34 out towards the waters edge. Heaps of birds there it's a danger to many incoming aircraft if 34L is busy. Ansett Australia had many bird strikes as they used there b733's for take off's and landings back in 2000 Qantas had them as well. I recall a Korean B742 incident years back which a flock of seagulls went through the turbines of number two four on approach to the runway
I have seen videos of australian airliners with flashing landing lights as the norm. This was to help combat the issue
http://flightaware.com/squawks/view/1/24_hours/new/56215/Incident_United_B787_at_Sydney_on_Jul_4th_2016_suspected_bird_strike
https://www.aeroinside.com/item/7828/united-b789-at-sydney-on-jul-4th-2016-suspected-bird-strike