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Incident: India B788 at London on Mar 22nd 2017, bird strike

An Air India Boeing 787-800, registration VT-ANJ performing flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad (India) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was on approach to London Heathrow when a bird impacted the radome and left a large dent. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 09L.

The airline reported a bird strike damaged the nose and the weather radar system. The aircraft could not continue for its onward leg to Newark, the rotation London to Newark and back was cancelled. The aircraft is expected to be able to perform the return flight from London to Ahmedabad however

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The streamunlined nose (Photo: Mayur Parikhþ):

صورة مشابهة للقطرية B787 محفوظة بجهازي لكن الضربة بالجهة اليمنى



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