‘Suspected bird hit’ brings back flight

Chennai | Thursday | 21st June, 2018

Summary:

The incident is being referred to as a ‘suspected bird hit’ because the authorities could not find the bird. more-inAn Air India flight to Delhi carrying 130 passengers had to return after it suffered a ‘suspected bird hit’ on Wednesday morning. Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials said that the engine had some feathers and a few of the turbine blades were bent. But they were not able to confirm if a bird had hit the aircraft. He noted that the AAI had taken a series of measures to curb bird menace at the Chennai airport..