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| Date: | Saturday 11 January 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8KN |
| Owner/operator: | flydubai |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 188 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Hambantota-Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI/VCRI) -
 Sri Lanka
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI/VCRI) |
| Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB) |
The aircraft collided with a flock of peacocks while taking off from HRI. The aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after.
Sources:
https://www.sundaytimes.lk/140112/news/panic-as-peacocks-hit-plane-at-mria-79728.html
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