India B788 at London on Mar 22nd 2017, bird strike
Last Update: March 23, 2017 / 20:49:54 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 22, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-171
Departure
Ahmedabad, India
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
VT-ANJ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
The airline reported a bird strike damaged the nose and the weather radar system. The aircraft could not continue for its onward leg to Newark, the rotation London to Newark and back was cancelled. The aircraft is expected to be able to perform the return flight from London to Ahmedabad however.
The streamunlined nose (Photo: Mayur Parikhþ):
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 22, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-171
Departure
Ahmedabad, India
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
VT-ANJ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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