ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281124
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| Date: | 05-AUG-2022 |
| Time: | 16:11 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-251N |
| Owner/operator: | Vistara |
| Registration: | VT-TNC |
| MSN: | 7682 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Varanasi-Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS/VEBN ) -
 India
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Varanasi-Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS/VEBN ) |
| Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Vistara flight UK622, an Airbus A320neo, suffered a bird strike on takeoff from Varanasi, India. The flight crew elected to turn back to Varanasi, where a safe landing was made 30 minutes after takeoff.
The aircraft sustained damage to the nose radome.
Sources:
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/vistara-a320-flight-from-varanasi-to-mumbai-returns-to-origin-over-bird-hit-grounded-dgca-latest-updates-2022-08-05-797745
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vt-tnc#2cf00658
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 13:13 | harro | Added |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:15 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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