ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305875
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Date: | Saturday 11 January 2014 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 737-8KN |
Owner/operator: | flydubai |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 188 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | Hambantota-Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI/VCRI) -
Sri Lanka
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI/VCRI) |
Destination airport: | Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB) |
Narrative:The aircraft collided with a flock of peacocks while taking off from HRI. The aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after.
Sources:
https://www.sundaytimes.lk/140112/news/panic-as-peacocks-hit-plane-at-mria-79728.html Revision history:
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