Spicejet B738 at Bagdogra on Apr 6th 2019, hailed nose
Last Update: April 8, 2019 / 22:30:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 6, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Spicejet
Flight number
SG-462
Departure
Bagdogra, India
Destination
Chennai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-SGH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 42 hours after landing.
Metars Chennai:
VOMM 061100Z 14010KT 8000 FEW020 35/19 Q1008 NOSIG=
VOMM 061030Z 12011KT 8000 FEW020 35/21 Q1008 NOSIG=
VOMM 061000Z 16010KT 8000 FEW020 36/19 Q1008 NOSIG=
VOMM 060930Z 13010KT 8000 NSC 36/22 Q1008 NOSIG=
COR VOMM 060900Z 12012KT 8000 NSC 36/22 Q1008 NOSIG=
VOMM 060830Z 13012KT 8000 FEW020 37/23 Q1009 NOSIG=
VOMM 060800Z 16006KT 8000 FEW020 38/22 Q1009 NOSIG=
VOMM 060730Z 19008KT 7000 FEW020 37/20 Q1010 NOSIG=
VOMM 060700Z 20005KT 6000 FEW020 36/21 Q1011 NOSIG=
VOMM 060630Z 23005KT 6000 FEW020 36/22 Q1011 NOSIG=
VOMM 060600Z 18007KT 6000 FEW020 35/23 Q1012 NOSIG=
Short TAF Bagdogra (no METARs available):
TAF VEBD 060200Z 0603/0612 06005KT 3000 -RA HZ SCT018 BKN090 TEMPO 0605/0609 1500 TSRA SCT015 FEW025CB OVC080=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 6, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Spicejet
Flight number
SG-462
Departure
Bagdogra, India
Destination
Chennai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-SGH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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