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Date: | Friday 24 March 2017 |
Time: | c. 18:35 UTC |
Type: | Airbus A320-214 (WL) |
Owner/operator: | Air Arabia |
Registration: | A6-AOK |
MSN: | 6737 |
Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B4/P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 182 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | near Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) -
Nepal
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) |
Destination airport: | Sharjah Airport (SHJ) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Air Arabia flight G9532, an Airbus A320-214, diverted to Lucknow Airport, India, after sustaining a bird strike on departure from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport in Nepal.
The aircraft took off from runway 20 at 18:29 UTC and circled once over the field and once to the west of Kathmandu before the crew decided to divert to Lucknow, India, where it landed at 19:40 UTC.
According to Indian media, turbine blades of one to the engines were damaged.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/g9532#cd76af9 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/air-arabia-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-lucknow-967653-2017-03-25 Images:
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