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Entebbe Bird Strike


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What: KLM Airbus A330-200 en route from Entebbe to Amsterdam
Where: Entebbe
When: Oct 10th 2010 9:57pm
Who: 220 passengers
Why: After takeoff, the plane’s right engine digested a crane. The plane returned to the airport and made a safe landing; however the flight was cancelled. Passengers were booked into Entebbe hotels while others took Ethiopian Airlines and British Airlines flights.

Makerere University Vice Chancellor Venansius Baryamureeba, Presidential Advisor on agriculture Dr John Otim and leading Mathematician Edith Mugamba were aboard the flight.

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