India A320 at Raipur on Sep 14th 2021, rejected takeoff due to bird strike

Last Update: September 14, 2021 / 16:00:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 14, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-469

Departure
Raipur, India

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-EXB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Air India Airbus A320-200, registration VT-EXB performing flight AI-469 from Raipur to Delhi (India) with 179 people on board, was accelerating for takeoff from Raipur's runway 24 when the aircraft received a bird strike prompting the crew to reject takeoff. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron, where passengers disembarked normally.

A replacemnet A321-200 registration VT-PPW reached Delhi with a delay of 6:45 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 14, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-469

Departure
Raipur, India

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-EXB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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