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| Date: | Wednesday 1 January 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | QantasLink |
| Registration: | VH-LQM |
| MSN: | 4450 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW150 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Rockhampton Airport (ROK/YBRK), QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rockhampton Airport, QLD (ROK/YBRK) |
| Mackay Airport, QLD (MKY/YBMK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Qantas flight QF2310, a Dash 8-400 returned to the departure aerodrome after sustaining a bird strike.
Minor damage to centre fuselage wing fairing.
Sources:
http://cqplanespotting.blogspot.com/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-lqm#235ffe23
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 October 2016 | VH-LQM | QantasLink | 0 | near Yarrangobilly, NSW | |
unk |
| Turbulence | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2020 16:50 | Petropavlovsk | Added |
| 03-Jan-2020 16:51 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 03-Jan-2020 16:51 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jun-2022 23:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 10-Jun-2022 02:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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