India A321 at Chennai on Jun 20th 2018, suspected bird strike
Last Update: June 20, 2018 / 21:41:31 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-440
Departure
Chennai, India
Destination
Delhi, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-PPG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
The airport reported feather and a few bent fan blades were found, however, no bird. The occurrence was thus declared a suspected bird strike. The airport complained that a lot of work including relocating waste dumps have been taken, however, there are still many meat and garbage stalls around the airport attracting birds.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-440
Departure
Chennai, India
Destination
Delhi, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-PPG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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