Bird strike Incident Boeing 767-424ER N59053,
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Date:Sunday 6 March 2016
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B764 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 767-424ER
Owner/operator:United Airlines
Registration: N59053
MSN: 29448/809
Year of manufacture:2000
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 184
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH/KIAH) -   United States of America
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH/KIAH)
Destination airport:München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
United Airlines flight UA102 returned to land at Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Texas after suffering bird strikes on takeoff.
The aircraft, a Boeing 767-400, took off from runway 9 at 23:06 UTC (17:06 hours LT). A safe landing was made on runway 9 at 17:48 hours.

Sources:

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ua102/#904c905
http://abc13.com/news/plane-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-at-iah/1233727/

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
17 December 2014 N59053 United Airlines 0 London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) non
14 February 2015 N59053 United Airlines 0 near Honolulu Airport, Oahu, HI non
Turbulence

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Mar-2016 10:24 harro Added
07-Mar-2016 13:38 harro Updated [Narrative]

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