| Date: | Thursday 14 January 2016 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Airbus A319-112 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Namibia |
| Registration: | V5-ANL |
| MSN: | 3346 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B6/3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 110 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Windhoek-Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) -
 Namibia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD/FNLU) |
| Windhoek-Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH/FYWH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flight SW304 suffered a bird strike upon during the approach to Windhoek-Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia. The impact caused a large hole on the right hand side of the fuselage just in front of the wing.
Sources:
News.com.au
Flightradar24
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR) [ZS]; 03 January 2016
photo (c) Marco Dotti; Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR); 15 June 2015
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