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AJet plane on Istanbul-Sarajevo flight returns to Istanbul after bird strike

Summary

A Turkish AJet Boeing 737 MAX 8, registration TC-VFE, flying from Istanbul to Sarajevo returned to its departure airport after a bird struck the cockpit over the Kırklareli area in Turkey. Unofficial reports say the pilot decided to turn back due to reduced visibility through the cockpit window following the strike.

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Extract from the source

Pilot aviona Boeing 737 MAX 8, registracije TC-VFE, nakon toga je iznad Kırklarelija kontaktirao kontrolu letenja i odlučio se vratiti. Prema nezvaničnim informacijama, pilot se

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Locations

Places mentioned in the report

The United States and New York are marked because the reports cite them as examples of past bird strikes, including the 2009 Hudson River landing, and are unrelated to this event.

  • where it happenedKırklareli - area over which the pilot contacted air traffic control
  • where it happenedIstanbul - departure airport and where the plane returned to
Locations only mentioned (1)
  • mentioned onlySarajevo - the flight's planned destination, which was aborted

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Sources (4)

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How the signal is calculated
Signal strength48

Total — strong signal (40–69)

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