Arabia A320 at Coimbatore on Oct 29th 2017, bird strike
Last Update: October 30, 2017 / 22:25:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 29, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Air Arabia
Flight number
G9-413
Departure
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Destination
Coimbatore, India
Aircraft Registration
A6-ANA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Ground observers reported a peacock struck and penetrated the aircraft's left hand wing root fairing.
The aircraft was unable to depart for the return flight G9-414 on schedule and remained on the ground for about 17 hours, then was able to depart for flight G9-414 and reached Sharjah with a delay of 16:20 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 29, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Air Arabia
Flight number
G9-413
Departure
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Destination
Coimbatore, India
Aircraft Registration
A6-ANA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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