Air India A321 at Kozhikode on Dec 8th 2012, cat strike
Last Update: December 11, 2012 / 17:38:37 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 8, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-997
Departure
Kozhikode, India
Destination
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
VT-PPU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
Passengers reported they observed sparks flying off the right hand engine and felt vibrations.
The airport reported a first inspection of the engine revealed blade damage, fur of a cat like animal, supposedly a palm civet also known as toddy cat, were recovered from the engine core, remains of a palm civet were recovered from the runway. The toddy cats are common around the airport however had never created a threat so far.
The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto the next Air India Express flight early the following morning about 8 hours later.
Asian Palm Civets or Common Palm Civets weigh up to 5kg/11lbs with a body length of up to 53 cm/21 inches and an additional tail length of 48 cm/19 inches.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 8, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-997
Departure
Kozhikode, India
Destination
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
VT-PPU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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