Incident: Namibia A319 at Windhoek on Jan 14th 2016, bird strike


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Incident: Namibia A319 at Windhoek on Jan 14th 2016, bird strike

By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Jan 18th 2016 23:21Z, last updated Monday, Jan 18th 2016 23:28Z
An Air Namibia Airbus A319-100, registration V5-ANL performing flight SW-304 from Luanda (Angola) to Windhoek (Namibia), was on approach to Windhoek's runway 08 when a large bird impacted the aircraft penetrating one of the panels at the right hand wing root. The aircraft continued for a safe landing.

The airline confirmed a large bird damaged one of the underbody panels while on approach to Windhoek arriving from Luanda.

The damaged aircraft (Photos: Ellen Angel):
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http://avherald.com/h?article=49291357&opt=0
 

Probably Kori Bustard
By Made in SA on Tuesday, Jan 19th 2016 08:59Z

Judging by the size of the damage (and a couple of grey feathers), I would guess that species involved would be a Kori Bustard (aka Korhaan), which is a pretty common species in that part of the world. (Largest flying bird in Africa) Adult males can reach up to 18Kg (40-odd pounds)