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| Date: | Sunday 9 April 2017 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-271N |
| Owner/operator: | IndiGo Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-ITK |
| MSN: | 7001 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW1127G-JM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Raipur Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR/VARP) -
 India
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Raipur Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR/VARP) |
| Kolkata-Netaji Subhas Chandra Airport (CCU/VECC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
IndiGo flight 6E252, an Airbus A320neo, returned to land at Raipur Airport in India after suffering a bird strike.
The aircraft departed Raipur Airport's runway 06 at 13:48 UTC. A bird impacted and damaged the nose cone as the aircraft was climbing after takeoff. The aircraft entered a holding pattern and returned for a safe landing on runway 24 at 14:25 UTC.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vt-itk#d01626d
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 2019 | VT-ITK | IndiGo Airlines | 0 | Patna Airport (PAT/VEPT) | |
unk |
| 15 September 2021 | VT-ITK | IndiGo Airlines | 0 | Kolkata-Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU/VECC) | |
non |
| Heavy landing | ||||||
Location
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Media:
#BREAKING Raipur-Kolkata Indigo flight made emergency landing in at the Raipur airport after a bird hit. pic.twitter.com/M0NSW9Z65s
— News World India (@NewsWorldIN) April 9, 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2017 16:52 | harro | Added |
| 09-Apr-2017 16:53 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 13-Jul-2018 19:09 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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