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| Date: | Saturday 9 January 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A340-313 |
| Owner/operator: | THY Turkish Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-JDN |
| MSN: | 180 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5C4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Antananarivo-Ivato Airport (TNR/FMMI) -
 Madagascar
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Mauritius-Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU/FIMP) |
| Antananarivo-Arivonimamo Air Base (TNR/FMMA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
While on final approach to Antananarivo-Ivato Airport (TNR), around 50m before the runway 29 threshold, the left main gear impacted the localizer antenna of and the right main gear broke approach lights.
The ILS becme inoperative for several days after the incident.
The aircraft was operating flight TK160 from Mauritius to Istanbul, Turkey via Antananarivo.
Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/les-enquetes/les-evenements-notifies/detail/event/incident-grave-de-lairbus-a340-313-immatricule-tc-jdn-et-exploite-par-turkish-airlines-survenu-le-09012016-a-antananarivo-enquete-menee-par-aib-madagascar/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 October 2000 | TC-JDN | THY Turkish Airlines | 0 | North Atlantic Track E |  |
non |
| Near miss | ||||||
| 24 October 2010 | TC-JDN | THY Turkish Airlines | 0 | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR) |  |
min |
| Wingtip, pod strike | ||||||
| 27 October 2013 | TC-JDN | THY Turkish Airlines | 0 | Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA) |  |
sub |
| Collision with other aircraft on apron | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2016 19:30 | harro | Added |
| 14-Feb-2025 11:52 | ASN | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
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