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| Date: | Tuesday 22 September 2020 |
| Time: | 09:56 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-33AER (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Azur Air |
| Registration: | VQ-BEN |
| MSN: | 28140/850 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 346 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Antalya Airport (AYT/LTAI) |
| Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Upon landing, the airplane suffered a tail strike as a result of wind shift on landing. A 101 m long trace was found on the runway and there was minor damage to the tail. There were no personal injuries.
The aircraft resumed service 32 hours after the incident.
Weather:
UUWW 220900Z 25006MPS CAVOK 17/09 Q1013 R19/000070 NOSIG
UUWW 221000Z 25010MPS CAVOK 18/08 Q1013 R24/000070 NOSIG
UUWW 221100Z 25011MPS CAVOK 19/08 Q1013 R24/000070 TEMPO 25011G16MPS
Sources:
FAVT
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 2021 | VQ-BEN | Azur Air | 0 | Varadero-Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport (VRA/MUVR) |  |
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| Bird strike | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Sep-2020 06:26 | gerard57 | Added |
| 24-Sep-2020 06:41 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 24-Sep-2020 06:45 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Sep-2020 06:47 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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