https://avherald.com/h?article=524cce37&opt=0(Snippet from a comment on avherald:
Chill
By Chill on Tuesday, Mar 4th 2025 04:19Z
I was on the plane... better than that, I was the exit row window seat on engine 2 that was hit. It was a bird strike. It was extremely chill. Good old jolt of the plane, few spits of fire from the engine (Bird in, bird out), about 5 seconds of flame... a320 can fly on one engine so no dramas. Captain was so sound over the radio. ATC comms can be found on Chicago departure at around 00:45 utc. Same pilots flew us out a couple of hours alter. Captain explained they'd take some dna of bird from it's mushed up guts to determine type, Chill.)
Incident: United A320 at Chicago on Mar 2nd 2025, big hit on departure
By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Mar 3rd 2025 18:34Z, last updated Monday, Mar 3rd 2025 18:34Z
A United Airbus A320-200, registration N457UA performing flight UA-2481 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Syracuse,NY (USA), was climbing out of Chicago's runway 28R when the crew requested to stop the climb at 5000 feet advising they needed to check something. The crew subsequently reported they might have had a bird strike, they took a big hit, the engine (V2527) indications were all good. The aircraft returned to Chicago for a safe landing on runway 27C about 20 minutes after departure.
A replacement A320-200 registration N464UA reached Syracuse with a delay of about 3 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Chicago about 18 hours after landing.
The FAA reported: "United Airlines Flight 2481 returned safely to Chicago O’Hare International Airport around 6:50 p.m. local time on Sunday, March 2, after the crew reported a possible bird strike. The Airbus A320 was headed to Syracuse Hancock International Airport in New York. The FAA will investigate."
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2481/history/20250303/0041Z/KORD/KSYR
