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Incident: Cargolux B744 at Luxembourg on Jul 5th 2011, bullet hole found in aircraft
By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Jul 7th 2011 11:05Z, last updated Thursday, Jul 7th 2011 11:13Z
A Cargolux Boeing 747-400, registration LX-VCV performing freight rotation CV-716 (dep Jul 4th)/CV-717 from Luxembourg to Luxembourg (Luxembourg) via Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire), Accra (Ghana) and Abuja (Nigeria),
completed a seemingly uneventful rotation with a safe landing in Luxembourg.
The airline reported, a post flight inspection however found a hole in the left rear area of the aircraft.
There was no damage to the pressure vessel or any aircraft system. The aircraft was grounded on Jul 6th (the morning following arrival late Jul 5th).
Police is investigating. Police forensics determined the hole was created by a bullet.
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