Bird strike Incident Airbus A320-271N VT-WGE,
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Date:Saturday 18 November 2017
Time:c. 05:50 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic A20N model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A320-271N
Owner/operator:GoAir
Registration: VT-WGE
MSN: 7330
Year of manufacture:2017
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney PW1127G-JM
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 174
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) -   India
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP)
Destination airport:Patna Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport (PAT/VEPT)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Go Air flight G8140 returned to land at Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport, India, after suffering a bird strike.
The aircraft, an Airbus A320 neo, returned and landed safely at 06:08 UTC, 21 minutes after takeoff.

Sources:

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/g8140#f913ff8
https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/goair-flight-suffers-bird-hit-returns-to-delhi-airport-1777172

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 April 2018 VT-WGE GoAir 0 Varanasi area non
Near miss with other aircraft

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Nov-2017 19:04 harro Added
13-Jul-2018 19:09 harro Updated [Source]
26-Jan-2020 10:21 harro Updated [Operator, Destination airport]

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