India B788 at Chennai on Jul 23rd 2018, bird re-shaped nose
Last Update: July 24, 2018 / 20:56:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 23, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-347
Departure
Singapore, Singapore
Destination
Chennai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ANH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
The nose of the aircraft was damaged disabling the aircraft to perform its next scheduled flight AI-346 to Singapore.
The airline reported the aircraft received a bird strike to its nose at about 400 feet AGL and was unable to perform the next flight to Singapore. The 159 passengers to Singapore were accommodated on other flights.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 24 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 23, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-347
Departure
Singapore, Singapore
Destination
Chennai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ANH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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