ENG23WA006

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Mogadishu, Somalia · December 26, 2022

Incident · No injuriesClass 4 · Foreign
Date
December 26, 2022, 04:43 local (04:43 UTC)
Place
Mogadishu, Somalia
Injuries
112 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
ET-APLBoeing 737
Defining event
Takeoff: Birdstrike
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Aviation Engineering Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
AAIB- Somalia
Case key
106525

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.

On this page

Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.

Aircraft

Registration
ET-APL
Reported as
Boeing 737 (860)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
40965
Built
2012
Damage
Minor damage
Operator
Ethiopian Airlines
Registered owner
Ethiopian Leasing LLC
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Destination
HAAB · Addis Ababa, OF
Airport
HCMM · Aden Adde International Airport
Equipment
Unknown