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| Date: | Thursday 8 January 2015 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-212 |
| Owner/operator: | Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation - CAA |
| Registration: | 9Q-CAT |
| MSN: | 189 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5A3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 126 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport (FKI/FZIC) -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport (FKI/FZIC) |
| Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA) | |
| Investigating agency: | BPEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
CAA flight 441 took off from runway 13 at Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport. Reaching the rotation speed, the crew suddenly heard a strange noise in the engine # 1. Takeoff was continued and the A320 climbed to 4000 feet. The plane then returned for an emergency landing 15 minutes later.
Probable Causes: Environmental factor
Bird presence on the runway and close to Bangboka Airport in Kisangani due to lack of birds scaring devices.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2015/2015.semaine.03.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 May 1998 | G-UKLL | Air UK Leisure | 0 | Ibiza Airport (IBZ) |  |
sub |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2015 19:37 | harro | Added |
| 16-Jan-2016 20:49 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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