An Amazon Prime Air Airbus A330-300, registration N5827K performing flight AS-2616 from Cincinnati,KY to Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA) with 2 crew, was departing Covington's runway 27 when the left hand engine (Trent 772) ingested a number of birds. The aircraft stopped the climb at 3000 feet, the crew donned their oxygen masks reporting smoke in the cockpit, and returned to Cincinnati for a safe landing on runway 36R about 10 minutes after departure. After landing the crew advised they needed a ladder to the 1R door as they had an engine fire on the left hand side and wanted the #1 engine checked for fire.

The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD ON TAKEOFF RESULTING IN A LEFT ENGINE FIRE AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT, COVINGTON, KY."

The aircraft is still on the ground in Cincinnati about 23 hours after landing back.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA2616/history/20260128/2000Z/KCVG/KIAH


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