Date:	Friday 17 April 2009
Time:	c. 12.15
Type:	ATR 42-500
Owner/operator:	TAROM
Registration:	YR-ATA
MSN:	566
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Iasi -   Romania
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	LROP
Destination airport:	Iasi Airport (IAS/LRIA)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The airplane that flight RO703 was approaching Iasa when it struck a flight of bird (storks), causing serious damage to the nose (a hole u2013 ca 20 cm in diameter). The airplane landed safely.

(The Aircraft was carrying the Dinamo Bucharest football team according to a Sky News article featured on Yahoo! - the URL of which features below.)

https://www.realitatea.net/avionul-care-transporta-echipa-dinamo-la-iasi-a-fost-la-un-pas-de-a-se-prabusi_498162.html
https://www.antena3.ro/stiri/romania/avionul-care-transporta-echipa-dinamo-a-fost-lovit-de-un-stol-de-berze_69613.html
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090423/tod-gaping-hole-left-in-plane-after-bird-870a197.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Apr-2009 06:32	Ciprian Mihalache	Added
17-Apr-2009 06:52	Ciprian Mihalache	Updated
17-Apr-2009 12:02	harro	Updated
20-Apr-2009 08:37	ddkLONDON	Updated
23-Apr-2009 10:04	Cushman	Updated
17-Jun-2012 06:07	gerard57	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]