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Old 4th Jul 2010, 10:26
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Bird Strike

From Aviation Herald Web Site (normally very accurate) on 1st July:

Incident: Contact F100 at Warsaw on Jul 1st 2010, bird strike

By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Jul 1st 2010 14:48Z, last updated Thursday, Jul 1st 2010 14:50Z
A Contact Air Fokker 100 on behalf of Swiss, registration D-AGPH performing flight C3-1343/LX-1343 from Warsaw (Poland) to Zurich (Switzerland) with 83 passengers and 4 crew, struck a bird on climb out of Warsaw and received a large dent on its nose cone. The airplane levelled off at 9000 feet and returned to Warsaw's runway 33 for a safe landing 35 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
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