Bird strike Incident Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECU,
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Date:Monday 8 May 2017
Time:c. 02:20 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic B77W model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 777-31HER
Owner/operator:Emirates
Registration: A6-ECU
MSN: 35593/817
Year of manufacture:2009
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Kolkata Airport (CCU) -   India
Phase: Approach
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Dubai International Airport (DXB/OMDB)
Destination airport:Kolkata Airport (CCU)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Emirates flight EK570 suffered a bird strike while on approach to Kolkata Airport (CCU) in India.
The return flight was cancelled.

Sources:

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a6-ecu#d508298
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/emirates-flight-grounded-following-bird-strike

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-May-2017 16:08 harro Added

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