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| Date: | Friday 11 March 2016 |
| Time: | c. 20:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-866 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | EgyptAir |
| Registration: | SU-GDZ |
| MSN: | 40759/3472 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 71 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt (CAI/HECA) |
| London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Egyptair flight MS779 suffered a bird strike while on approach to London-Heathrow Airport, U.K. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 operated on a fllight from Cairo when a bird impacted the nose radome of the aircraft, causing a large hole.
A normal landing was made on runway 09L. The aircraft was flown back to Cairo as flight MS1780 the next day.
Sources:
1. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/su-gdz/
2. http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-14/bird-destroys-nose-of-egyptair-passenger-jet/7244296
3. http://avherald.com/h?article=4954fe6a
4, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/12192721/Bird-strike-destroys-passenger-jets-nose.html
5. http://www.itv.com/news/london/2016-03-13/passenger-plane-damaged-after-colliding-with-a-bird/
6. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/bird-strike-leaves-huge-dent-in-passenger-jet-as-it-lands-at-heathrow-a3202101.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 March 2024 | SU-GDZ | EgyptAir | 0 | Kigali International Airport (KGL/HRYR) |  |
min |
| Bird strike | ||||||
Location
Media:
Egyptair 737 suffers bird sttike pic.twitter.com/2l3oJDUEZG
— Aviation Gist (@aviation_gist) March 12, 2016
737 vs bird #Egyptair #airkill #avgeek pic.twitter.com/IrpqQYZ9Ch
— Paul clare (@paul_clare) March 11, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2016 07:37 | harro | Added |
| 14-Mar-2016 08:54 | AF5541 | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 15-Jul-2016 15:04 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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