National Cargo B744 at Agadir on Mar 16th 2021, bird strike
Last Update: March 27, 2021 / 21:33:43 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 16, 2021
Classification
Accident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
National Air Cargo
Flight number
N8-860
Departure
Chicago Rockford, United States
Destination
Agadir, Morocco
Aircraft Registration
N729CA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
The aircraft was unable to continue its schedule and was still on the ground at Agadir 3 days and 11 hours later. Several tons of spare parts needed to be flown in for repairs.
Following another delivery of spare parts including parts of the flaps and spoilers the aircraft was able to depart Agadir on Mar 27th 2021 for a positioning flight for Frankfurt Hahn (Germany), where the repairs are to be completed.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 16, 2021
Classification
Accident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
National Air Cargo
Flight number
N8-860
Departure
Chicago Rockford, United States
Destination
Agadir, Morocco
Aircraft Registration
N729CA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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