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| Date: | Wednesday 7 December 2022 |
| Time: | 11:35 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-223ER |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N755AN |
| MSN: | 30263/354 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro/Galeão-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBG |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
American Airlines flight AA974, a Boeing 777-223(ER) suffered a birdstrike on final approach to runway 22L at New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK).
Postflight inspection reported major damage to the radome.
Sources:
FAA
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n755an#2e748071
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 August 2018 | N755AN | American Airlines | 0 | between Dallas, USA and Tokyo/Narita, Japan |  |
min |
| 24 June 2023 | N755AN | American Airlines | 0 | over Moose Jaw, SK |  |
non |
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