Incident: BA Cityflyer E170 at Sao Jose dos Campos on Sep 4th 2009, bird strike
By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Sep 6th 2009 07:05Z, last updated Sunday, Sep 6th 2009 07:16Z
BA Cityflyer's very first Embraer ERJ-170 on its delivery flight from Embraer in Brazil to British Airways in the UK, registration G-LCYD performing flight CJ-01D (callsign "Flyer zero one delta") from Sao Jose dos Campos,SP to Recife,PE (Brazil), suffered a bird strike and returned to Sao Jose dos Campos, where the airplane arrived back about 90 minutes after departure.
The airplane received damage to its nose cone.
Embraer said, the damage is easy to repair, the airplane will complete its delivery flight soon.
Quelle: The Aviation Herald