Flight Birmingham – Paphos: Collision with bird – See the march panic that followed the aircraft

Inconvenience and concern caused to the passengers this afternoon’s flight of Thomson from Birmingham with a destination of Paphos in the …
collision of aircraft with bird, shortly after take-off.
The captain decided as a precaution to return to the Birmingham airport a few minutes after the start of the flight.
Passengers described on social media and later in the british media that they heard two loud clicks, while two of them reported that they saw something that looked like smoke coming from the engine of the aircraft.
One of the passengers of the Boeing 737, with a capacity of 189 seats, said κατατρομοκρατημένη, describing how during the emergency landing on the runway of the Birmingham airport there were fire trucks, just in case.
A representative of the Birmingham airport confirmed that the incident was caused by a bird or flock of birds, pointing out that the decision for emergency landing was the governor.
The passengers are all in good health, and the transition in Cyprus was expected to happen later within the day, and possibly with the same aircraft if it is found that it has caused severe mechanical damage.
A representative of the airline expressed regret for the inconvenience and delay of passengers of the flight TOM7352, saying that the return to the airport was proactive, and the landing safe.

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