Southwest B737 at Sacramento on Dec 6th 2018, bird strike
Last Update: December 7, 2018 / 17:03:28 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 6, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-1940
Departure
Santa Ana, United States
Destination
Sacramento, United States
Aircraft Registration
N456WN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
The FAA reported the aircraft received a bird strike on approach to Sacramento and sustained unknown damage.
A replacement Boeing 737-700 registration N550WN continued the next sector to Seattle,WA (USA).
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Sacramento 15 hours later.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 6, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-1940
Departure
Santa Ana, United States
Destination
Sacramento, United States
Aircraft Registration
N456WN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
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