Bird-hit flight makes precautionary landing

Kolkata: A city-bound Jet Lite flight with 42 passengers on board today made a precautionary landing at the NSC Bose International Airport here after being hit by a bird mid-way.
The pilot of the Bhubaneswar-Kolkata flight was unable to estimate the extent of the damage done to the aircraft by the bird-hit and contacted the ATC to arrange for a precautionary landing, airport officials said. The flight landed safely at the Kolkata airport at 9.40 am.
30/09/09 Press Trust of India

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