China Airlines B744 at San Francisco on Jan 4th 2020, bird strike causes AoA problems

Last Update: January 5, 2020 / 22:50:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 4, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CI-5107

Destination
Taipei, Taiwan

Aircraft Registration
B-18718

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A China Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration B-18718 performing flight CI-5107 from San Francisco,CA (USA) to Taipei (Taiwan) with 7 crew, was in the initial climb out of San Francisco's runway 28R, when just upon contacting departure and receiving instructions for further climb the crew declared PAN PAN PAN reporting a bird strike, that had taken out some of their flight instruments. The aircraft stopped the climb at 6000 feet, the crew indicated they were still considering how to proceed, there were no procedures for the faults. The crew decided to dump fuel and return to San Francisco. The aircraft landed safely back on San Francisco's runway 28R about 75 minutes after departure.

Some of the AoA probes were found damaged.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in San Francisco for about 23.5 hours, then departed as flight CI-9107 to Taipei.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 4, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CI-5107

Destination
Taipei, Taiwan

Aircraft Registration
B-18718

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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