Saudia A333 at Jeddah on Nov 16th 2016, bird strike
Last Update: November 21, 2016 / 20:39:33 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 16, 2016
Classification
Accident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Flight number
SV-771
Departure
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
HZ-AQC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
Arabic media report citing reports on social media that the aircraft was being prepared for flight SV-550 to Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) when a passenger spotted the hole and informed the crew. The flight was delayed 3 hours as result and was performed by a replacement A330-300 registration HZ-AQ15.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground 5 days later.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 16, 2016
Classification
Accident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Flight number
SV-771
Departure
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
HZ-AQC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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