ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172605
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| Date: | Monday 29 December 2014 |
| Time: | 12:06 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-85R (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Jet Airways |
| Registration: | VT-JBH |
| MSN: | 35289/2811 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 131 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) -
 Nepal
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB) |
| Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Jet Airways flight 9W268 from Mumbai, India to Kathmandu, Nepal experienced a bird ingestion on approach and continued the flight with an uneventful and safe landing on runway 02 at Kathmandu Airport.
The nr.1 engine was hit as the aircraft descended through an altitude of 500-600 feet. The crew made a PAN call and requested a priority landing clearance. The aircraft was taken out of service and the return flight was cancelled. the airplane was still on the ground at Kathmandu by December 31.
Sources:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Jet-Airways-plane-catches-fire-while-landing-in-Kathmandu-all-safe
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jet-Airways-plane-hit-by-bird-lands-safely-in-Kathmandu/articleshow/45675763.cms
http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/12/29/top-story/jet-airways-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-at-tia/399668.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 August 2019 | ET-AXI | Ethiopian Airlines | 0 | Addis Ababa Bole Airport |  |
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| Runway excursion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Dec-2014 14:41 | Alessandro | Added |
| 31-Dec-2014 14:49 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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