THY A321 at Istanbul on Sep 7th 2016, the eagle has hit
Last Update: September 7, 2016 / 21:36:37 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 7, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-1668
Departure
Hamburg, Germany
Destination
Istanbul, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
TC-JSL
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for two hours while maintenance cleaned the remains of the eagle from the landing gear and examined the aircraft finding no damage, then departed for its next flight.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 7, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-1668
Departure
Hamburg, Germany
Destination
Istanbul, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
TC-JSL
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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