Air Busan flight returns to Gimhae International Airport after bird strike
Published: 02 May. 2025, 15:46
![An Air Busan passenger plane is seen flying over Busan on Aug. 14, 2024. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/05/02/576a18e0-9c4f-48a5-aed8-bd7210aa4d03.jpg)
An Air Busan passenger plane is seen flying over Busan on Aug. 14, 2024. [YONHAP]
An Air Busan flight carrying 176 passengers returned to Gimhae International Airport on Thursday evening after striking a bird shortly after takeoff, the airline said Friday.
Flight BX761 departed Busan at 7:19 p.m., en route to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, when the bird strike occurred. The aircraft circled for about 50 minutes to burn off fuel before landing safely at around 8 p.m.
Air Busan dispatched a replacement aircraft, which departed again at approximately 10 p.m. The plane involved in the incident is undergoing a safety inspection.
Translated from the JoongAng Ilbo using generative AI and edited by Korea JoongAng Daily staff.
BY HYEON YE-SEUL [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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