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| Date: | Wednesday 30 September 2015 |
| Time: | 19:22 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-214 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Vietjet Air |
| Registration: | VN-A650 |
| MSN: | 6457 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B4/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Hanoi-Noi Bai Airport (HAN) -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport (BMV/VVBM) |
| Hanoi-Noi Bai International Airport (HAN/VVNB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Vietjet Air Airbus A320, registration VN-A650, suffered a bird strike incident while on approach to Hanoi-Noi Bai Airport (HAN), Vietnam.
The aircraft, operating flight VJ496 from Buon Ma Thuot landed safely on runway 07R at 19:22 hours local time.
The aircraft's nose radome sustained substantial damage.
Sources:
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietjet-plane-nose-damaged-after-bird-collision-lands-safely-51931.html
https://www.flightradar24.com//data/airplanes/vn-a650/#79172af
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 April 2018 | VN-A650 | AirBlue, lsf VietJetAir | 0 | 30NM West of FATEH |  |
non |
| Near miss | ||||||
| 29 November 2018 | VN-A650 | AirBlue, lsf VietJetAir | 0 | near Rahim Yar Khan | |
non |
| Near miss | ||||||
Location
Media:
Vì sao chim có thể đâm móp đầu máy bay của hãng Vietjet Air http://t.co/n5Ez7xuToz pic.twitter.com/fGHNt52xyr
— Tran Tu (@tueduvn) October 1, 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2015 09:37 | harro | Added |
| 14-Feb-2025 10:30 | ASN | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, ] |
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