ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194394
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| Date: | Friday 24 March 2017 |
| Time: | c. 18:35 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-214 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Air Arabia |
| Registration: | A6-AOK |
| MSN: | 6737 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B4/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 182 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) -
 Nepal
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) |
| Sharjah Airport (SHJ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Air Arabia flight G9532, an Airbus A320-214, diverted to Lucknow Airport, India, after sustaining a bird strike on departure from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport in Nepal.
The aircraft took off from runway 20 at 18:29 UTC and circled once over the field and once to the west of Kathmandu before the crew decided to divert to Lucknow, India, where it landed at 19:40 UTC.
According to Indian media, turbine blades of one to the engines were damaged.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/g9532#cd76af9
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/air-arabia-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-lucknow-967653-2017-03-25
Images:
Media:
Air Arabia flight that experienced a bird strike on March 24; visuals before disembarking of the flight from Lucknow's Amausi airport. pic.twitter.com/yTiegYyTfM
— ANI (@ANI_news) 25 maart 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2017 17:03 | harro | Added |
| 25-Mar-2017 17:06 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 13-Dec-2017 09:50 | AF5541 | Updated [Total occupants, Embed code] |
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