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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 2018 |
| Time: | c. 08:10 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-214 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Air India |
| Registration: | VT-EXB |
| MSN: | 6690 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B4/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 180 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Nagpur Airport -
 India
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Raipur International Airport (RPR/VERP) |
| Nagpur International Airport (NAG/VANP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Air India flight AI469, an Airbus A320-200, was on final approach to Nagpur Airport runway 32 when a bird hit the right hand wing causing damage to the right hand flaps. A safe landing was carried out.
The aircraft was ferried to Delhi the next day
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ai469#10810e06
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/bird-hit-grounds-ai-plane/articleshow/63034999.cms
https://www.bhaskar.com/maharashtra/nagpur/news/MH-NAG-OMC-LCL-air-india-flight-emergaency-landing-due-to-bird-hit-5818146-NOR.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 September 2021 | VT-EXB | Air India | 0 | Raipur-Swami Vivekananda Airport (RPR/VARP) | |
unk |
| Bird strike | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2018 08:09 | AF5541 | Added |
| 27-Feb-2018 08:17 | harro | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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