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| Title: | Birdstrike and engine failure on takeoff, Boeing 767-336, G-BNWM |
| Micro summary: | This Boeing 767-336 experienced a birdstrike and engine failure shortly after takeoff. |
| Event Time: | 1999-10-18 at 0848 UTC |
| File Name: | 1999-10-18-UK.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) |
| Publishing Country: | United Kingdom |
| Report number: | EW/ G99/10/18 |
| Pages: | 3 |
| Site of event: | Climb |
| Departure: | Gatwick Airport, London, England |
| Destination: | |
| Airplane Type(s): | Boeing 767-336 |
| Flight Phase: | Takeoff |
| Registration(s): | G-BNWM |
| Operator(s): | British Airways |
| Type of flight: | Revenue |
| Occupants: | 140 |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 140 |
| Other Injuries: | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | The aircraft had just taken off and climbed to about 450 feet agl when there was a 'bang' and the No 2 engine ran down. This was accompanied by severe vibration and a number of passengers saw flames coming from the right engine at that time. The pilots, who had both seen a flock of birds disappear under the aircraft just before the incident, believed they had suffered a birdstrike and shutdown the No 2 engine. The commander elected to return immediately and subsequently made an uneventful overweight landing back at Gatwick. |
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