Eurowings plane suffers accident after taking off from Budapest Airport
Eurowings’s Budapest-Stuttgart flight collided shortly after it left the runway of the Budapest Airport.
According to airportal.hu, the plane collided with a bird not far from the Hungarian International Airport. Therefore, it had to return.
The Airbus A319’s nr two right engine ran on bare minimum after the collision, the pilots reported to the tower.
Authorities found the remains of the hit bird close to the 31R runway and moved them away before the plane started to descend.
58 passengers and 5 crew members were on board of the plane. The passengers were taken to the airport’s transit sector, where they will receive updates from Eurowings.
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An aviation accident is defined by the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place from the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until all such persons have disembarked, and in which
(a) a person is fatally or seriously injured, (b) the aircraft sustains significant damage or structural failure, or
(c) the aircraft goes missing or becomes completely inaccessible.
Annex 13 defines an aviation incident as an occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft that affects or could affect the safety of operation.
An engine shutdown for whatever reason and subsequent to a bird strike or ingestion, or running at reduced thrust, cannot therefore responsibly be defined as an accident.
An aviation accident is defined by the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place from the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until all such persons have disembarked, and in which
(a) a person is fatally or seriously injured, (b) the aircraft sustains significant damage or structural failure, or
(c) the aircraft goes missing or becomes completely inaccessible.
Annex 13 defines an aviation incident as an occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft that affects or could affect the safety of operation.
An engine shutdown for whatever reason and subsequent to a bird strike or ingestion, or running at reduced thrust, cannot therefore responsibly be defined as an accident.