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| Date: | Tuesday 22 January 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-2Q8ER |
| Owner/operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-BMH |
| MSN: | 32717/541 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Peshawar Airport -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Peshawar-Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW/OPPS) |
| Jeddah-Prince Abdullah Air Base (JED/OEJN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
PIA flight PK735, a Boeing 777-200ER, experienced a bird strike on climb-out after takeoff from Peshawar Airport resulting in a large dent on the radome. The flight crew elected to divert to Karachi Airport.
Repairs were carried out and the aircraft continued the flight after two hours on the ground at Karachi.
Sources:
http://www.goklerdeyiz.net/boeing-777-kusa-carpti-2/
https://www.dawn.com/news/1459120/pia-flight-from-peshawar-to-jeddah-lands-in-karachi-after-bird-strike
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 December 2023 | AP-BMH | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA | 0 | Karachi-Jinnah International Airport (KHI/OPKC) | |
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Media:
PIA flight from Peshawar to Jeddah lands in Karachi after bird strike https://t.co/QxsTV4LzmN pic.twitter.com/FDVBGBVzCD
— Dawn.com (@dawn_com) January 22, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2019 20:41 | Goklerdeyiz.net | Added |
| 22-Jan-2019 20:46 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2019 20:46 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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