Catchup, perhaps you could post some
relevant facts regarding that bird strike instead of
irrelevant facts like your 15k hours flying experience...
Was the aircraft damaged? Was there an engine failure? Emergency declared? Maybe a link to a newspaper article? Is this a local problem, like Basic T suggested? I agree with bacardi walla that just stating that an EZY aircraft returned to DTM after a bird strike was a bit vague.
Airplanes turn back on a daily basis for various reasons (including bird strikes) and make an uneventfull approach and landing. Hardly worth posting them all here on PPRuNe.
Here is a link that could be of intrest:
Increasing bird-strike numbers are in contrast registered at Dortmund and Munich airport, and, with a less negative trend, at Erfurt, Muenster/Osnabrueck and Saarbruecken airport.
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As previously mentioned, the bird-strike rates are based on data by Deutsche Lufthansa. However, as Lufthansa does not serve Dortmund, Erfurt, Saarbruecken and Berlin-Tempelhof regularly, no meaningful numbers can be given for these airports.
With EZY´s new base in DTM, perhaps more reliable numbers will be available in the near future.