United B772 at Washington on Mar 28th 2019, a fairly large bird strike
Last Update: March 30, 2019 / 18:13:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 28, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-918
Departure
Washington Dulles, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
N797UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
Maintenance assessed the damage to the nose finding the damage to have remained within the limits permitted and released the aircraft to depart again.
The aircraft departed again after about 2 hours on the ground and reached London with a delay of 3 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 28, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-918
Departure
Washington Dulles, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
N797UA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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