Bird Hit Grounds Serene Air Boeing 737 in Peshawar

[Abbas Ali]

Today, Serene Air Boeing 737-800 registration AP-BNC performing flight ER550 from Karachi suffered bird hit during approach to Peshawar Airport where it landed safely on Runway 17 at 2:51 PM. The flight was scheduled to arrive at 3:00 PM.


Source: flightradar24.com

The aircraft was unable to perform return flight ER551 to Karachi and is grounded in Peshawar for inspection and repairs. Flight ER551 that was scheduled to depart from Peshawar at 4:00 PM has been cancelled.


Source: peshawarairport.com.pk

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[Abbas Ali]

The bird hit has damaged right-hand side engine (CFM56) of the aircraft, according to news sources.

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[Abbas Ali]

Engine inlet lip damaged.



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[Abbas Ali]

Information on The Aviation Herald.

http://avherald.com/h?article=4d06bd43

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[Abbas Ali]

Serene Air Boeing 737-800 registration AP-BNC remains grounded at Peshawar Airport.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bnc

Newspaper photo of damaged engine number 2 of the aircraft.



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[Abbas Ali]

Serene Air Boeing 737-800 registration AP-BNC returned to service today when it departed from Peshawar at 8:54 AM as flight ER5511 to Quetta.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ap-bnc

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