Air China B738 at Hong Kong on Mar 22nd 2018, bird strike
Last Update: March 23, 2018 / 15:46:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 22, 2018
Classification
Accident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Air China
Flight number
CA-103
Departure
Tianjin, China
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
B-5442
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
However, the crew had not reported any anomaly to ATC suggesting the crew may not have been aware of the damage.
The airline reported the radome had some sort of a mechanical fault.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 11 hours, then departed for the return flight CA-104 and reached Tianjin with a delay of about 9:45 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 22, 2018
Classification
Accident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Air China
Flight number
CA-103
Departure
Tianjin, China
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
B-5442
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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