Incident: Amaszonas SW4 at Riberalta on Mar 29th 2018, runway excursion on rejected takeoff due to bird strike

By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Mar 29th 2018 19:25Z, last updated Thursday, Mar 29th 2018 20:13Z An Amaszonas Linea Aerea Swearingen SA-227-DC Metro, registration CP-2459 performing flight Z8-61 from Riberalta to Trinidad (Bolivia) with 12 passengers and 2 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Riberalta's runway 14 when a flock of birds impacted the right hand engine causing the crew to reject takeoff. The aircraft veered off the runway and came to a stop down a slope. No injuries are being reported, the damage to the aircraft is being assessed.



The airline reported the aircraft encountered a flock of birds, some of birds impacted the right hand engine prompting the crew to reject takeoff. The aircraft subsequently veered off the runway.



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A Línea Aérea Amaszonas passenger plane overruns the runway at Riberalta Airport after abandoning takeoff due to a bird strike and crashes into a ditch with no injuries.