Niki A320 at Palma Mallorca on Sep 11th 2014, rejected takeoff

A Fly Niki Airbus A320-200, registration OE-LEH performing flight HG-3727 from Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain) to Linz (Austria) with 148 passengers and 6 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Palma Mallorca's runway 24R when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed (about 90 KIAS) due to an engine (CFM56) ingesting a number of large birds. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration OE-LEW reached Linz with a delay of 6 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Palma Mallorca, the engine is about to be replaced (a replacement engine was flown to Palma Mallorca on Sep 15th).