Thomson B738 at Cardiff on Apr 21st 2014, bird strike

A Thomson Airways Boeing 737-800, registration G-TAWG performing flight BY-532 from Cardiff,WL (UK) to Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt), departed Cardiff's runway 12 when an engine ingested a number of sea gulls. In the absence of abnormal engine indications the crew continued the climb. The aircraft was enroute at FL370 near the French-German border about one hour into the flight when the crew decided to turn around and divert to London Gatwick,EN (UK) due to an abnormal smell of "roast chicken" developing in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Gatwick's runway 08R about 2 hours after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration G-FDZT reached Sharm el Sheikh with a delay of 4.5 hours.

A passenger reported that the captain announced that passengers perhaps noticed there was a smell of roast chicken in the cabin, this was because of sea gulls, that had been ingested into one of the engines during the departure out of Cardiff. They were diverting to Gatwick.