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Aer Arann engine shut down in flight - possible bird strike

  • 21-10-2012 10:45pm
    #1
    Su Campu
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    Occurred today. Only 8 passengers, pretty poor load factor.

    From AvHerald.

    http://avherald.com/h?article=457c6f76&opt=0
    An Aer Arann Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-300 on behalf of Aer Lingus, flight RE-3201/EI-3201 from Kerry to Dublin (Ireland) with 8 passengers and 3 crew, was enroute near Shannon when the crew reported the left hand engine had been shut down as a precaution following some mechanical problem probably as result of a bird strike. The aircraft landed on Shannon's runway 06 about 10 minutes later.


Comments

  • #2
    scudzilla
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    I think the lack of passengers is more of a news story than the bird strike!!


  • #3
    Tropheus
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    It could have glided home with 11 people on board.


  • #4
    L1011
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    I doubt that route would have any chance of operating if there wasn't a PSO on it.

    That said, I don't know the timings on it so it could be like the Donegal route - one direction on each rotation is busy, the other very poorly loaded; because there's quite a lot of people who need to get to Dublin for the day and very few who need to get to north west Donegal.


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