Mango flight JE147 was forced to return to Johannesburg International Airport, South Africa after the left hand engine was hit by a bird. The Boeing 737-800 (ZS-SJH) departed at 14:45 LT and returned safely about 30 minutes later. Sergio Davids, a passenger took some pictures of the damage, the engine cowling is severely hit. On Twitter he shared the following:
Just experienced a bird strike shortly after takeoff from OR Tambo. You can spot the damage to the Mango airbus (Note from redaction: should be Boeing) engine. Bird strike on my Mango airlines flight from Jozi. Could smell the smoke in the cabin. Fortunately, we were routed back to OR Tambo.
This post was published on 19 November 2017 22:24
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