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| Date: | Friday 4 January 2019 |
| Time: | 13:40 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-409F |
| Owner/operator: | China Airlines Cargo |
| Registration: | B-18718 |
| MSN: | 30770/1348 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
| Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE/RCTP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
China Airlines Cargo flight CI5107, a Boeing 747-400F, returned to land at San Francisco International Airport, California, USA, after sustaining a bird strike on departure.
The aircraft circled to dump fuel and landed safely back at San Francisco after about 1h15min.
Sources:
https://www.ktvu.com/news/bird-strike-prompts-china-airlines-flight-to-return-to-sfo
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/CAL5107/history/20200104/2130Z/KSFO/KSFO
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2020 08:37 | harro | Added |
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