Egypt A320 at Brussels on Jul 4th 2014, bird strike

An Egypt Air Airbus A320-200, registration SU-GCB performing flight MS-726 from Brussels (Belgium) to Cairo (Egypt) with 132 passengers, was climbing out of Brussels' runway 25R when the crew stopped the climb at 2000 feet reporting a bird strike into the right hand engine (V2527) but stating no emergency was being declared, they just needed to return to the airfield. The aircraft landed safely back on runway 25L about 15 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto the flight the following day.

One of the fan blades of the engine is reported "completely damaged".