Kingfisher flight suffers bird-hit, passengers safe

Mumbai: A Kingfisher Airlines flight was on Wednesday forced to return to Indore airport shortly after it took-off for Mumbai, following a bird hit."The commander turned around the aircraft after it suffered a bird hit," a Kingfisher Airlines spokesperson told said.
The flight-IT 3148-which took off from Indore airport at 7.55 am, was scheduled to arrive at Mumbai at 8.55 am, the spokesperson said.
All passengers were off-loaded and an inspection of the aircraft was carried out, he said.
"During the inspection, engineers found that four blades had suffered damage," he said.
A new aircraft is being sent to ferry the stranded passengers, he said, adding, "engineers are working to get the aircraft back in flying condition."
27/05/09 PTI/Times of India

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