American B772 at Dallas on Jun 24th 2013, bird strike from previous flight discovered at gate
Last Update: June 27, 2013 / 23:39:18 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 24, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-70
Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
N796AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N751AN reached Frankfurt with a delay of 2:45 hours.
A passenger booked on AA-70 reported that boarding had been completed when the captain announced he had received a maintenance indication and needed maintenance to check the indication out. About an hour later the captain announced that maintenance had discovered a hole in a wing as result of a bird strike on a previous flight and requested all passengers to disembark and wait for the replacement aircraft.
N796AN had arrived in Dallas Ft. Worth on flight AA-37 from Madrid,SP (Spain) the day before (Jun 23rd). The aircraft remained on the ground for about 30 hours following the discovery of the hole before departing to the next flight.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 24, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Bird strike
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-70
Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
N796AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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