- Date
- May 25, 2008, 11:43 local (09:43 UTC)
- Place
- Brussels, Belgium
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N704CKBoeing B747-200
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Birdstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 68079
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Sequence of events
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N704CK
- Reported as
- Boeing B747-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Kalitta Air
- Departed
- Brussels
- Destination
- Bahrain
N704CKRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2008 · Boeing 747-209FAirframe modelBoeing 747-209FEngine modelPratt & Whitney JT9D series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N704CK · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.