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Date: | Sunday 8 August 2010 |
Time: | 10:00 LT |
Type: | Boeing 737-490 |
Owner/operator: | Alaska Airlines |
Registration: | N708AS |
MSN: | 28895/3098 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 139 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (SIT/PASI), AK -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport - SIT/PASI |
Destination airport: | Seattleu2013Tacoma International Airport - SEA-KSEA |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The plane ingested an eagle into it's port engine. Take off was aborted and the aircraft taxied back to the terminal on its remaining functioning engine.
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hjCeKkF1uYdUmIegwJcYarc9VbFQD9HFL66G0]
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/08/08/alaska.flight.aborted/#fbid=fwOrnpk6IMt&wom=false
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/4/2/6/1445624.jpg (photo)
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Aug-2010 05:12 |
wanderer |
Added |
09-Aug-2010 06:18 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
10-Aug-2010 14:37 |
Longhorn Este |
Updated [Narrative] |