On August 14, a SWISS Airbus A330 suffered a bird strike in Zurich, resulting in a high-speed takeoff rejection.
Information has been released pertinent to the incident at hand, which we will get into in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
SWISS Flight LX6 – Zurich to Chicago…
SWISS flight LX6, which suffered the bird strike, is a routine scheduled flight between Zurich and Chicago.
Furthermore, it is understood the aircraft involved in the incident was HB-JHH.
As per data from Planespotters.net, HB-JHH is a 14.1 year old Airbus A330-300 that was delivered to the airline in August 2010.
Of the Airbus A330-300 variant, SWISS have 14 of them in their fleet.
Moreover, of the 14, all but one are in active service, with an average fleet age of 13.9 years.
As well as the A330-300, the carrier has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 30 Airbus A220s.
- 18 Airbus A320s.
- 10 Airbus A321s.
- 4 Airbus A340s.
- 12 Boeing 777s.
As per The Aviation Herald, it is understood the bird strike on SWISS flight LX6 to Chicago happened during the takeoff roll at Zurich.
It is understood the Airbus A330 commenced the rejected takeoff at 140 knots, before coming to a stop shortly after.
As a result of the hard braking, the crew had to wait for the brakes to be cooled as well as the emergency services inspection too.
From there, the aircraft eventually returned to the gate safely without further incident.
Given The All-Clear To Go Back in the Air Shortly After…
A few hours after the bird strike on SWISS flight LX6, the Airbus A330 departed once again from Zurich bound to Chicago.
The aircraft managed to continue onwards to the American destination without any further incidents.
It is understood that no further issues have been reported with the aircraft following the bird strike.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
Such updates will be placed at the bottom of this article as and when such information comes in.
