THY B773 at Istanbul on Jul 30th 2019, flock of birds

Last Update: July 30, 2019 / 20:53:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 30, 2019

Classification
Accident

Flight number
TK-2313

Departure
Izmir, Turkey

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-JJM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

A THY Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration TC-JJM performing flight TK-2313 from Izmir to Istanbul (Turkey), was on approach to Istanbul's runway 34L when the aircraft flew through a flock of birds and received multiple bird impacts on the left hand side. The aircraft continued for a safe landing and taxied to the apron. A post flight inspection revealed multiple bird impacts to the leanding edge of the left hand wing from wing root to wing tip, the position light at the wing tip was damaged, one bird had penetrated the underside of the left wing.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Istanbul about 12 hours after landing and was unable to perform its assigned flight to Toronto,ON (Canada).
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 30, 2019

Classification
Accident

Flight number
TK-2313

Departure
Izmir, Turkey

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-JJM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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