Kingfisher, Air India plane suffer bird hit, tyre burst

New Delhi/Lucknow: In two air incidents, an Air India aircraft had a tyre-burst while landing and a Kingfisher plane suffered a bird hit during take-off on Monday but around 300 persons who were on board the planes were safe.
Passengers of the Varanasi-bound Air India flight from Mumbai had a miraculous escape as the plane suffered a tyre-burst during landing for a scheduled halt at the Amausi airport in Lucknow this morning, airport sources in Lucknow said.
The sources said there were around 150 passengers and crew on board IC-195 and all are safe. Air India officials were not available for comments.
In the incident involving Kingfisher, its plane with 160 people on board suffered a bird hit as it took off from IGI airport in New Delhi but landed safely at Mumbai with one of its two engines damaged.
15/11/10 Indian Express

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