Pakistan International airlines A320 suffers birdstrike and nearly crashes at Lahore

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A PIA A320-214, operating flight PK203 and registered AP-BLC suffered a birdstike after departure from runway 36R at Lahore Allama Iqbal Int’l Airport (LHE/OPLA :pakistan:), heading to Dubai Int’l Airport (DXB/OMDB :united_arab_emirates:).
Thankfully, the flight returned to land back at LHE. Local media report an internal engine inspection will be conducted to check for damage.

Source:

Arabic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5KenRyGb2I&t=2s (the title is english, but the video is arab)

English:

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Dang, that’s scary and crazy.

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yeah…
another disturbing thing: i heard that this plane had another birdstrike in 2023 (according to Bird strike Incident Airbus A320-214 AP-BLC, Tuesday 18 February 2025)

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poor bird

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Yeah :confused:

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My bad lol i put it in The Hangar > General Discussion thank you @SixDeltaAlpha for moving it to The Hangar > Aviation News :sweat_smile:

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