A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration OO-JEF positioned from Brussels to Bucharest, resumed the flight and delivered the passengers to Rotterdam the following day with a delay of about 18 hours. Passengers reported there was a dent near the windshield and a cracked windshield, raising suspicions of a bird strike. The passengers could not be accomodated at Bucharest due to shortage of hotel rooms. The windshield was damaged for unknown reasons. The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Bucharest due to a cracked cockpit window.

About 80 minutes into the flight about 70nm southwest of Bucharest (Romania) the crew initiated a descent to FL110 and FL100 levelling off about 15 minutes later and diverted to Bucharest where the aircraft landed on Otopeni Airport's runway 26R about 45 minutes after leaving F元60. A Sunwing Boeing 737-800 on behalf of TUI Airways, registration C-FFPH performing flight OR-3042 from Antalya (Turkey) to Rotterdam (Netherlands) with 189 people on board, departed Antalya's runway 18L, received a bird strike and continued to climb to F元60.

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