{"id":30758,"date":"2023-04-18T13:28:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T07:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=30758"},"modified":"2023-04-18T13:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T07:59:19","slug":"after-an-sia-cargo-plane-bird-strike-the-runway-at-the-kenya-airport-is-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/after-an-sia-cargo-plane-bird-strike-the-runway-at-the-kenya-airport-is-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"After an SIA cargo plane bird strike, the runway at the Kenya airport is closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya, was almost completely shut down on Monday due to an aborted takeoff by a Singapore Airlines (SIA) cargo plane that congested the airport&#8217;s single runway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation lasted for more than eight hours. When the Amsterdam-bound Boeing 747-400 freighter was due to take off at around 8.10 a.m. local time (1.10 p.m. Singapore time), it suffered a technical problem with one of its engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport_JKIA-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"After an SAI cargo plane bird strike, the runway at the Kenya airport is closed.\" class=\"wp-image-30759\" width=\"1033\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport_JKIA-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport_JKIA-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport_JKIA-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport_JKIA-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport_JKIA-750x498.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport_JKIA.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1033px) 100vw, 1033px\" \/><figcaption>Kenya&#8217;s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | Aviationa2z.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sia-cargo-plane-bird-strike-at-kenya\">SIA Cargo plane bird strike at Kenya<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>However, some tires deflated as the aircraft, Flight SQ7343, stopped on the runway. According to an SIA representative in answer to questions from reporters. Despite the crew&#8217;s success in stopping the aircraft before it took off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The representative apologized for the inconvenience and stated that more research was being done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-statement-from-kenya-s-ministry\">Statement from Kenya&#8217;s Ministry <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident resulted in punctures in 11 of the 16 rear tires of the aircraft, according to a statement from Kenya&#8217;s Ministry of Roads and Transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: The JKIA runway is now opened, &amp; operations at the airport have resumed. Disabled aircraft has been cleared from the runway. 1\/2<\/p>&mdash; Kenya Airports Authority (@KenyaAirports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenyaAirports\/status\/1647964779720454151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>Kenya&#8217;s Ministry | Aviationa2z.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry added that the jet had to have its 100 tonnes of cargo unloaded and its damaged tires replaced before it could be dragged away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aircraft was taken off the runway at around 4.40 pm, according to a tweet from Kenya&#8217;s Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport, Kipchumba Murkomen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-19-1024x683.png\" alt=\"Singapore Airlines Boeing 747\" class=\"wp-image-30793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-19-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-19-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-19-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-19-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-19-750x500.png 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-19-1140x760.png 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-19.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Singapore Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-412F(SCD) 9V-SFM,  <br>By Afpwong &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=44349115<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to data from the flight-tracking website Flightradar24, the plane began taxiing onto the runway at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JKIA <\/a><\/strong>in the early morning hours before slackening to a halt after achieving a high ground speed of 151 knots, or roughly 280 km\/h.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A jet with the SIA livery is shown surrounded by cars and people on the tarmac in images shared by internet user Davis Sango on Twitter on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the plane was removed, the Kenya Airports Authority posted on Twitter that &#8220;the safety of all passengers is our top priority, and we are working closely with the relevant authorities to resolve this situation as quickly and safely as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Current status at JKIA runway. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ENc7NuxoIS\">pic.twitter.com\/ENc7NuxoIS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Davis Sango\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea (@DavisSango) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavisSango\/status\/1647871822128648193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>On Twitter, Kenya Airports Authority<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned with us. Further, follow us on social media for the latest updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, read,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/15\/at-the-csmia-2-foreigners-exchange-boarding-passes-before-departing-to-another-country\/\">At the CSMIA, 2 foreigners exchange boarding passes&nbsp;before departing to (aviationa2z.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\">Telegram Group<\/a>\u00a0for Latest Aviation Updates. Subsequently, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/s\/CBIw-KPiuYoB?sceid=IN:en&amp;sceid=IN:en&amp;r=7&amp;oc=1\">Google News.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-aviation-a-2-z wp-block-embed-aviation-a-2-z\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AuKetp3V9Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/during-landing-an-indigo-flight-6e-203-from-mumbai-to-nagpur-suffers-a-tail-strike-exclusive\/\">During Landing, an IndiGo Flight 6E203 from Mumbai to Nagpur Suffers a Tail Strike<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;During Landing, an IndiGo Flight 6E203 from Mumbai to Nagpur Suffers a Tail Strike&#8221; &#8212; Aviation A2Z\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/during-landing-an-indigo-flight-6e-203-from-mumbai-to-nagpur-suffers-a-tail-strike-exclusive\/embed\/#?secret=mqW1TGeA2Y#?secret=AuKetp3V9Q\" data-secret=\"AuKetp3V9Q\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya&#8217;s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport experienced a near-total shutdown amid Singapore Airlines (SIA) cargo plane&#8217;s aborted takeoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7215,7218,6761],"tags":[152,392,104,79,2030,393,8060,81],"class_list":{"0":"post-30758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airline-news","8":"category-international-aviation-news","9":"category-news","10":"tag-airlines","11":"tag-airlines-news","12":"tag-airport","13":"tag-aviation","14":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","15":"tag-aviation-news","16":"tag-kenyas-jomo-kenyatta-international-airport","17":"tag-latest-aviation-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30758"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30796,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30758\/revisions\/30796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}