" Bird strike" on Air Asia PP-KL

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" Bird strike" on Air Asia PP-KL

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Anyone else see a problem with the timeline here ? Plane leaves PP for KL at 8:35am...at 10am, bird-strike.
Aviation officials say a “bird strike” forced an AirAsia jet that took off from Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday morning at 8:35 am to return for an emergency landing.

Flight AK 537D, which was bound for Kuala Lumpur, returned to the airport a few minutes after takeoff after it was struck by a bird, Khek Norinda, communications and marketing director at Cambodia Airports, which operates the airport, said yesterday.
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“A few minutes later after taking off, the aircraft had to return… The flight is being delayed while the engine is being checked,” the communications director said. As of yesterday afternoon, the flight had been delayed until 12:20 am, according to departure screens at the airport.

Kem Channarith, an inspector for the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, said the bird strike happened at about 10 am and that it had affected the aircraft’s engine...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19226/ ... strike---/
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More than likely it was at the kl airport. I do that trip many times and am always amazed at how many birds are flying around on the runway at kl.
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Well that makes more sense. Hit a bird on approach to KL airport, so return to PP to check the engine.
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Anchor Moy wrote:Anyone else see a problem with the timeline here ? Plane leaves PP for KL at 8:35am...at 10am, bird-strike.
Aviation officials say a “bird strike” forced an AirAsia jet that took off from Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday morning at 8:35 am to return for an emergency landing.

Flight AK 537D, which was bound for Kuala Lumpur, returned to the airport a few minutes after takeoff after it was struck by a bird, Khek Norinda, communications and marketing director at Cambodia Airports, which operates the airport, said yesterday.
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“A few minutes later after taking off, the aircraft had to return… The flight is being delayed while the engine is being checked,” the communications director said. As of yesterday afternoon, the flight had been delayed until 12:20 am, according to departure screens at the airport.

Kem Channarith, an inspector for the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, said the bird strike happened at about 10 am and that it had affected the aircraft’s engine...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19226/ ... strike---/
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