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Date: | Friday 17 April 2009 |
Time: | c. 12.15 |
Type: | ATR 42-500 |
Owner/operator: | TAROM |
Registration: | YR-ATA |
MSN: | 566 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Iasi -
Romania
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | LROP |
Destination airport: | Iasi Airport (IAS/LRIA) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The airplane that flight RO703 was approaching Iasa when it struck a flight of bird (storks), causing serious damage to the nose (a hole u2013 ca 20 cm in diameter). The airplane landed safely.
(The Aircraft was carrying the Dinamo Bucharest football team according to a Sky News article featured on Yahoo! - the URL of which features below.)
Sources:
https://www.realitatea.net/avionul-care-transporta-echipa-dinamo-la-iasi-a-fost-la-un-pas-de-a-se-prabusi_498162.html https://www.antena3.ro/stiri/romania/avionul-care-transporta-echipa-dinamo-a-fost-lovit-de-un-stol-de-berze_69613.html
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090423/tod-gaping-hole-left-in-plane-after-bird-870a197.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Apr-2009 06:32 |
Ciprian Mihalache |
Added |
17-Apr-2009 06:52 |
Ciprian Mihalache |
Updated |
17-Apr-2009 12:02 |
harro |
Updated |
20-Apr-2009 08:37 |
ddkLONDON |
Updated |
23-Apr-2009 10:04 |
Cushman |
Updated |
17-Jun-2012 06:07 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |