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Incident: Tarco B733 at El Fasher on Sep 10th 2016, bird strike

By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Sep 11th 2016 20:15Z, last updated Sunday, Sep 11th 2016 20:15Z
A Tarco Airlines Boeing 737-300, registration C5-MAB performing flight 3T-400 from Khartoum to El Fasher (Sudan) with 108 people on board, was on approach to El Fasher when a large bird impacted and penetrated the nose cone of the aircraft and became embedded in the nose of the aircraft. The crew continued for a safe landing in El Fasher.

A replacement aircraft was dispatched to perform the return flight 3T-401.

The airline reported a bird impacted the nose of the aircraft just before landing in El Fasher.

C5-MAB seen at the apron (Photo: Usamah Mohamed):

The Aviation Herald