Jazeera A320 at Kuwait on Aug 27th 2017, collision with cable of military captive balloon
Last Update: September 22, 2017 / 15:42:09 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 27, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Jazeera Airways
Flight number
J9-787
Departure
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Destination
Kuwait, Kuwait
Aircraft Registration
9K-CAK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A postflight inspection revealed a sliced engine inlet and serious damage along the engine cowl, fan blades appeared to be intact. The aircraft was unable to continue its schedule and is still on the ground in Kuwait about 31.5 hours after landing.
Charts released by Kuwait's AIP do not show any holding pattern at waypoint IVETA, which is the IAF for the RNAV procedure to join the ILS runway 15L or 15R. The area of the captive balloon 6nm west of IVETA is shown as a restricted zone from ground up to 15000 feet MSL.
On Sep 22nd 2017 Kuwait's CAA reported the aircraft at 5000 feet collided with air force balloon. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated Kuwait's CAA.
Metars:
OKBK 271500Z 13010KT 4000 -HZ SKC 36/28 Q0999 NOSIG=
OKBK 271400Z 13012KT 5000 -HZ SKC 38/28 Q0998 NOSIG=
OKBK 271300Z 12013KT 6000 SKC 39/25 Q0998 NOSIG=
OKBK 271200Z 12015KT 6000 SKC 39/25 Q0998 NOSIG=
OKBK 271100Z 11012KT 6000 SKC 41/23 Q0998 NOSIG=
OKBK 271000Z 11009KT 6000 SKC 40/24 Q0999 NOSIG=
OKBK 270900Z 11009KT 6000 SKC 39/26 Q0999 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 27, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Jazeera Airways
Flight number
J9-787
Departure
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Destination
Kuwait, Kuwait
Aircraft Registration
9K-CAK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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