Advertisement:An Air Europa Boeing 737-800 was performing flight number UX-1026 from Paris to Madrid on Monday, August 17, when it had to return to the French capital due to a possible bird strike. According to The Aviation Herald, the Air Europa Boeing remained on the ground in Paris for around 21 hours before returning to Madrid. Nothing has been said about whether or not the engine trouble was down to a bird strike, but Simple Flying reached out to Air Europa for further information. About Air EuropaHeadquartered at Llucmajor, Mallorca, Air Europa is the third largest Spanish airline after Iberia and low-cost carrier Vueling. Air Europa is already based in Madrid and has strong links to Latin and South America.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 22, 2020 09:00 UTC