Incident: PIA A320 at Faisalabad on Jun 27th 2024, rejected takeoff due to bird strike

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Incident: PIA A320 at Faisalabad on Jun 27th 2024, rejected takeoff due to bird strike

By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Jun 29th 2024 15:43Z, last updated Saturday, Jun 29th 2024 15:43Z

A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration AP-BOM performing flight PK-223 from Faisalabad (Pakistan) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates) with 145 passengers and 7 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Faisalabad's runway 03R when a bird was ingested by the right hand engine (CFM56) prompting the crew to reject takeoff at high speed (about 135 knots over ground). The aircraft slowed safely and became disabled on the runway with both left hand tyres deflated. The right hand engine received a number of bent fan blades.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Faisalabad for about 56 hours before returning to service performing the next scheduled flight PK-223.

The right hand engine after the rejected takeoff:

The right hand engine after the rejected takeoff

Reader Comments: (the comments posted below do not reflect the view of The Aviation Herald but represent the view of the various posters)

@Ducky
By Matt108 on Monday, Jul 1st 2024 10:21Z

They were taking off from rwy 3R which is concrete. Looking at it from a well known tracking site, it appears degraded. When a tyre is warm and is running over an inconsistant surface, it will cause increased damage to the tyres. Testing is generally performed in more pristine conditions,

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
By ducky on Sunday, Jun 30th 2024 20:03Z

Assuming the auto brake system is set to take-off mode and the rejection begins at 135 knots, it seems to me that this airplane can perform this maneuver with all left hand tyres maintaining proper inflation status at the point where the airplane was no longer in motion. I feel confident that this exact maneuver was performed during testing early during this aircraft type's development and the tyres remained intact! If this is an accepted concept, then why were these tyres deflated at the conclusion of this rejected take off? It is also interesting to note that the right engine ingested a bird yet the left tyres deflated- an assymetric anomaly.

By (anonymous) on Sunday, Jun 30th 2024 15:53Z

Borescope and fan set replacement, then all good to go.

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