Akasa B38M at Ahmedabad on Oct 27th 2022, bird strike

Last Update: October 27, 2022 / 14:06:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 27, 2022

Classification
Incident

Cause
Bird strike

Airline
Akasa Air

Flight number
QP-1333

Departure
Ahmedabad, India

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-YAF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B38M

An Akasa Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration VT-YAF performing flight QP-1333 from Ahmedabad to Delhi (India), was climbing through 1900 feet out of Ahmedabad's runway 23 when a bird impacted the aircraft. In the absence of abnormal indications the crew continued the climb to FL390 and landed on Delhi's runway 29 about 75 minutes after departure. The aircraft arrived at the gate with a dented radome.

India's DGCA reported radome damage was observed after landing in Delhi.

The airline reported the aircraft suffered a bird hit, the aircraft landed safely.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 27, 2022

Classification
Incident

Cause
Bird strike

Airline
Akasa Air

Flight number
QP-1333

Departure
Ahmedabad, India

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-YAF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B38M

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