Change of plans as Birds couldn't let Aegean fly
An Aegean A321N at Athens was hit by birds An Aegean Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration SX-NAL performing flight A3-606 from Athens (Greece) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), was departing Athen's runway 03R when a bird impacted the aircraft. The crew stopped the climb at FL170 and returned to Athens for a safe landing on runway 03L about 22 minutes after departure. A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration SX-DNG reached Gatwick with a delay of about 90 minutes. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Athens about 13 hours after landing back. Detailed flight information: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/SXNAL