Incident: Qatar B788 at Durban on Aug 29th 2016, bird strike

By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Aug 31st 2016 22:49Z, last updated Wednesday, Aug 31st 2016 22:49Z A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-800, registration A7-BDB performing flight QR-1367 from Johannesburg to Durban (South Africa), was on approach to Durban's runway 06 when a bird impacted the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on the runway.



The aircraft remained on the ground for 31 hours, then departed as positioning flight QR-3272 to Qatar and remained on the ground for another 6 hours before resuming service.



A7-DBD at the gate:









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