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Aircraft struck by bird lands in Katunayake
An A330 passenger aircraft that departed this morning from the Katunayake International Airport for Istanbul, and was later struck by a
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People
- Ada Derana
Organisations
- Civil Aviation Authority2
- Turkish Airlines2
- Airbus2
- Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka
- Turkish Airlines Flight
- Daminda Rambukwella
- Civil A An
- Chilaw
Places
- Istanbul5
- Katunayake4
- Bandaranaike International Airport3
- Katunayake International Airport3
- Negombo Lagoon3
- Chilaw2
- Turkey2
- Katunayake Airport
Keywords
- bird4
- aircraft3
- departed3
- emergency2
- strike2
- struck2
- preparations
- passenger
- reported
- underway
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Bird strike forces aircraft to land in KatunayakeHiru News - English
UPDATE: Turkish Airlines flight safely landed after reported bird strikeNewsWire English
Turkish Airlines Flight Makes Emergency ReturnNews First
Colombo–Istanbul flight struck by bird; emergency landing preparations underwayAda Derana