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| Date: | Sunday 14 September 2008 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8F2 |
| Owner/operator: | THY Turkish Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-JFR |
| MSN: | 29779/370 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | over Mut, Mersin -
 Türkiye
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | IST / LTBA |
| ADA / LTAF | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flight TK470 suffered a bird strike through the nose cone. It landed safely at LTAF.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080915090436/http://www.airporthaber.com:80/v3/read.php?newid=6369 (in Turkish)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2008 09:48 | hggultek | Added |
| 15-Sep-2008 11:11 | hggultek | Updated |
| 29-Sep-2008 03:55 | ddk | Updated |
| 15-May-2020 14:48 | The2ndBaron | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, ] |
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