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Emergency landing of an aircraft at “Eleftherios Venizelos” – Birds hit the engine

The incident occurred on a Transavia France Boeing 737 aircraft operating a flight from Athens to Paris

Newsroom April 24 04:08

A Boeing 737 aircraft belonging to Transavia France made an emergency landing at “Eleftherios Venizelos” airport on Wednesday afternoon.

According to reports, the aircraft, which had taken off from Athens airport at 15:00 bound for Paris, was forced to land back at the same airport when a bird strike was detected in its engines.

The landing was safely conducted at 15:41, and the passengers disembarked awaiting further information about their flight.

Additionally, as a precautionary measure for fire safety reasons, the Fire Brigade was mobilized.

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#TO3521 from Athens (ATH) to Paris (ORY) is squawking 7700, indicating a general emergency. Reason currently unknown. https://t.co/gumChdkCxf

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More info on ‘squawking 7700’ here. https://t.co/CRoOOMhDKB pic.twitter.com/qoA4TDIb9G

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