ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157207
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Date: | Tuesday 25 June 2013 |
Time: | c. 08:45 |
Type: | Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner |
Owner/operator: | Thomson Airways |
Registration: | G-TUIB |
MSN: | 34423/94 |
Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | Cardiff Airport, Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) |
Destination airport: | Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Boeing 787-8 passenger plane, registered G-TUIB, sustained damage to one engine following a bird strike at Cardiff Airport.
The airplane operated on a training flight, TOM-952P, from Manchester to Shannon via Cardiff. A bird strike occurred on takeoff from Cardiff. The flight continued to Shannon were it landed normally at 09.40am. It was able to proceed under it's own power to a remote taxiway where ground crews and engineers were standing by.
The airplane departed the next day after repairs had been accomplished.
UPDATE: Per the following CAA report into the incident (see link #5) "Birdstrike during take-off roll. Damage to the RH engine acoustic lining. Engine instruments were operating normally so flight continued. Two dead birds had been recovered from the runway. Bird species identified as Seagulls"
Sources:
1.
http://clareherald.com/2013/06/thomson-jet-grounded-at-shannon.html 2.
http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/ 3.
http://avherald.com/h?article=46463270 4.
https://www.aeroinside.com/item/2722/thomson-b788-at-cardiff-on-jun-25th-2013-bird-strike 5.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/1357/F0001935ReplyLetter.pdf 6.
http://www.birdstrike.it/en/index.php?Archive_2013
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 December 2023 |
G-TUIB |
TUI Airways |
0 |
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non |
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Jun-2013 08:34 |
ryan |
Added |
26-Jun-2013 12:48 |
harro |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
23-Sep-2015 21:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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