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| Date: | Thursday 16 July 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela |
| Registration: | YV137T |
| MSN: | 47771/883 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Cumaná-Antonio Jose de Sucre Airport (CUM/SVCU) -
 Venezuela
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cumaná-Antonio Jose de Sucre Airport (CUM/SVCU) |
| Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An DC-9-51 operated by Aeropostal impacted a bird shortly after takeoff from Cumaná, Venezuela, causing substantial damage to the nose radome of the airplane.
The aircraft, operating flight VH335 to Caracas, Venezuela returned to Cumaná.
Sources:
https://twitter.com/TrucoAV
https://twitter.com/GladysMarval1/status/621735627562844160
Location
Media:
Hoy en Cumaná, zamurazo a un MD-80 de Aeropostal. Afortunadamente solo daños al avión @Aviamil_Ve @trafficAIRPORT pic.twitter.com/uSGOxB7H4p
— Daniel Alexander (@TrucoAV) July 16, 2015Pasajeros del vuelo de Aeropostal varados en Cumaná. Correteando la pista, un ave impactó contra "la nariz" del avión pic.twitter.com/5ybsF5Xwlv
— Hernando Herrera M (@herrera_mata) July 16, 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2015 18:11 | harro | Added |
| 17-Jul-2015 18:18 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jul-2015 18:33 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Narrative, ] |
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