PIA B772 at Peshawar on Jan 22nd 2019, bird strike

Last Update: January 23, 2019 / 20:41:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 22, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Bird strike

Airline
PIA Pakistan International Airlines

Flight number
PK-735

Departure
Peshawar, Pakistan

Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Aircraft Registration
AP-BMH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration AP-BMH performing flight PK-735 from Peshawar (Pakistan) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) with about 300 people on board, was climbing out of Peshawar's runway 35 when a bird impacted the nose of the aircraft. In the absence of abnormal indications the crew continued the climb to FL380 and was enroute about 160nm southwest of Peshawar when the crew turned to divert to Karachi (Pakistan) due to a higher fuel burn than anticipated. The aircraft landed safely on Karachi's runway 25L about 70 minutes after the decision to divert. The radome was found bent.

The radome was replaced, the aircraft was able to depart again after about 130 minutes on the ground and reached Jeddah with a delay of 3.5 hours.

The airline confirmed a bird strike shortly after departure from Peshawar led to the decision to divert to Karachi after indications suggested a part needed replacement. The passengers disembarked into the airport lounge during the repairs. Following the repairs the aircraft continued the flight after about two hours on the ground.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 22, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Bird strike

Airline
PIA Pakistan International Airlines

Flight number
PK-735

Departure
Peshawar, Pakistan

Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Aircraft Registration
AP-BMH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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