A flight from Frankfurt to Salzburg ended with a moment of shock for the crew and passengers and at the wrong destination. The reason: Lufthansa’s Airbus collided with a flock of birds and had to turn just before Salzburg and land in Munich.
Passengers on Lufthansa flight LH1108 from Frankfurt to Salzburg experienced an unprecedented moment of shock last Saturday evening. An Airbus A319 (registration D-AIBA) collided with a flock of birds in the final stages of landing at Salzburg Airport shortly after 11 p.m., aviation portal Austrian Wings reported.
The impact was so severe that the speed display in the cockpit went out. According to the report, the pilots also reported that the onboard electrical system had also failed as a result of the bird strike.
Safe landing in Munich
The crew was forced to abort the landing and return to an altitude of 10,000 feet (just over 3,000 meters). The pilots actually wanted to fly towards Linz Airport, but it was already closed. Finally they turned around and headed for Munich.
The Airbus 319 had to fly a holding pattern before landing at Munich Airport. Emergency services such as the airport fire brigade had now prepared themselves. At 12:24 a.m., about an hour after the bird strike, all passengers were safely on Bavarian soil instead of at their destination airport in Salzburg.
Source: Krone
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