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| Date: | Thursday 21 November 2024 |
| Time: | 07:52 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8LD (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Safair |
| Registration: | ZS-ZWA |
| MSN: | 40851/4094 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Lanseria International Airport (FALA) -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lanseria International Airport (HLA/FALA) |
| Durban International Airport (DUR/FADN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Safair flight FA474, a Boeing 737-800, suffered a bird strike on departure from Lanseria International Airport. This caused issued with the no.2 engine, forcing the crew to divert to Johannesburg-OR Tambo International Airport.
Sources:
https://www.iol.co.za/travel/south-africa/flysafairs-fa424-lanseria-durban-flight-makes-emergency-landing-at-or-tambo-after-striking-bird-26d0b4d1-fa4b-4e94-b5ad-14a9a48bda26
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/zs-zwa#380fc589
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 February 2016 | ZS-ZWA | Kulula.com | 0 | near Johannesburg-Lanseria Airport (HLA) | |
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| Bird strike | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Nov-2024 11:13 | ASN | Added |
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