Airblue A320 at Multan on Mar 21st 2017, rejected takeoff due to bird strike
Last Update: March 21, 2017 / 22:47:29 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 21, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Airblue
Flight number
PA-872
Departure
Multan, Pakistan
Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
AP-EDH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 7 hours after the rejected takeoff.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 21, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Airblue
Flight number
PA-872
Departure
Multan, Pakistan
Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
AP-EDH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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