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| Date: | Saturday 10 September 2016 |
| Time: | 15:17 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-306 |
| Owner/operator: | Tarco Air |
| Registration: | C5-MAD |
| MSN: | 28720/2957 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 107 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | nr El Fasher Airport (HSFS), North Darfur -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS) |
| El Fasher Airport (ELF/HSFS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Tarco Boeing 737, Flight 400, sustained damage to the nose cone when it suffered a bird strike (eagle).
Sources:
http://www.skynewsarabia.com/web/article/874000/%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%94%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B1
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article60191
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 August 2006 | PH-BTI | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | 0 | Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN) |  |
min |
| 27 March 2025 | ST-TAD | Tarco Aviation | 0 | Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSK) | |
w/o |
| Damaged on the ground | ||||||
Location
Images:
HSFS
Media:
Sudanese aircraft with 108 passengers on board makes emergency landing after being hit by this... eagle! #Sudan pic.twitter.com/U09NOBmQIK
— Usamah Mohamed أسامة (@simsimt) 11 september 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2016 17:51 | harro | Added |
| 11-Sep-2016 18:24 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Sep-2016 21:26 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, ] |
| 21-Oct-2016 15:34 | Oabusalih | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Photo, ] |
| 21-Oct-2016 15:34 | harro | Updated [Source, ] |
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