PIA B773 at Milan on Jan 28th 2017, bird strike
Last Update: January 29, 2017 / 20:56:24 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 28, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Flight number
PK-719
Departure
Lahore, Pakistan
Destination
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Aircraft Registration
AP-BID
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
The aircraft was unable to continue its schedule, flight PK-720 to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) and further to Lahore (Pakistan). Both legs of flight PK-720 were postponed to the next day.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 23 hours, then was able to depart for flight PK-720 to Paris and Lahore.
The airline reported that the aircraft was airworthy on departure from Lahore, a bird or some other object impacted the aircraft shortly before landing in Milan and caused minor damage to the tail of the aircraft.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 28, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Flight number
PK-719
Departure
Lahore, Pakistan
Destination
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Aircraft Registration
AP-BID
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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