Incident: VivaAeroBus A320 at Cancun on Aug 29th 2018, bird strike

By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Aug 31st 2018 16:34Z, last updated Friday, Aug 31st 2018 16:34Z A VivaAeroBus Airbus A320-200, registration XA-VAZ performing flight VB-3147 from Cancun to Mexico City (Mexico), was climbing out of Cancun's runway 12R when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 due to a collision supposedly with a bird and decided to return to Cancun for a safe landing on runway 12R about 25 minutes after departure.



The airline confirmed the aircraft returned to Cancun due to a bird strike.



A replacement A320-200 registration XA-VAA reached Mexico City with a delay of 5:20 hours.



The reshaped nose cone of XA-VAZ seen after landing:









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