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US regulators have disclosed that an MHIRJ CRJ700 diverted to Washington Dulles after an object apparently punctured the radome during departure from Washington National.<\/p>\n
The aircraft \u2013 operated by PSA Airlines on behalf of American Airlines \u2013 had been bound for Birmingham, Alabama.<\/p>\n
It took off from National\u2019s runway 15 at about 23:30 on 9 March.<\/p>\n
The US FAA states, in a preliminary notification, that the jet \u201cstruck an object on take-off\u201d and diverted to Dulles.<\/p>\n
\u201cPost-flight inspection revealed a hole in the radome,\u201d it adds. The regulator identifies the airframe as N517AE.<\/p>\n
It has not disclosed the extent of the radome damage nor the nature of the object involved in the incident, but the aircraft appears to have returned to service the following day.<\/p>\n
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