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
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 4, 2020
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
China Airlines
Flight number
CI-5107
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
Taipei, Taiwan
Aircraft Registration
B-18718
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
China Airlines
Flight number
CI-5107
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
Taipei, Taiwan
Aircraft Registration
B-18718
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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