{"id":42897,"date":"2023-01-10T16:16:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/turkish-airlines-plane-forced-back-on-ground-at-entebbe-after-bird-strike"},"modified":"2023-01-10T17:11:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T17:11:11","slug":"turkish-airlines-plane-forced-back-on-ground-at-entebbe-after-bird-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/turkish-airlines-plane-forced-back-on-ground-at-entebbe-after-bird-strike","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Airlines plane forced back on ground at Entebbe after bird strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>There was panic at Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday morning after Istanbul \u2013bound Turkish Airlines plane spent an hour and 20 minutes hovering in Ugandan airspace after taking off from the airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlight number 606 departed Entebbe at 7.30 am for Istanbul while it was raining. Unfortunately, the aircraft experienced a bird strike during take-off. As a precautionary measure, the flight hovered in the Ugandan airspace before landing safely at Entebbe at 08:52 am,\u201d Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) said in a statement.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, January 10, 2023, a Turkish Airlines flight number 606 departed Entebbe at 7.30 am for Istanbul while it was raining. Unfortunately, the aircraft experienced a bird strike during take-off.<\/p>\n

Asked whether the airport has a mechanism to scare away birds before take-off, the Authority\u2019s spokesperson, Mr Vianney Luggya said: \u201cThere is a Bird Hazard unit at the airport, which undertakes a runway sweep (scaring away of birds) prior to any take-off or landing. That is how we have managed to reduce on instances of this nature in spite of Entebbe being a bird sanctuary.\u201d<\/p>\n

After being checked for airworthiness the aircraft later resumed flight with 281 passengers and crew on board.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Turkish Airlines flight number 606 has been cleared and departed Entebbe International Airport at 10:49 am with 281 passengers and crew on board,\u201d CAA added in a separate statement at around 11:17.<\/p>\n

I actually heard this plane hover over our home thrice and I was wondering why so many flights were taking off within the same time period. Thought it was coz of bad weather.<\/p>\n

It now makes sense.<\/p>\n

I actually got concerned. I could see its front gear lowered “something that isnt normal” and it circled for quite along time…<\/p>\n

The Turkish Airlines flight number 606 has been cleared and departed Entebbe International Airport at 10:49 am with 281 passengers and crew on board.<\/p>\n

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