Bird-hit on landing delays AI flight

Dabolim: In a second such incident in two days, an Air India flight travelling from Kuwait to Chennai via Goa was hit by a bird while landing at the Dabolim airport on Saturday morning. The flight had 123 passengers and six crew on board. No injuries were reported.
Airport officials told TOI that the incident occurred at around 7.45am as the plane was in the process of landing. "Air Traffic Control noticed a bird hit the engine. The bird was comparatively smaller (than Thursday's kite that hit the ArkeFly plane) and the pilot appeared not to have noticed the hit. ATC immediately alerted the pilot. The landing was however smooth and soon after passengers were disembarked, the aircraft was taken to the civil enclave where the damage to the engine was repaired," said airport officials. The flight left for Chennai at 11.05am, almost three hours after its scheduled departure of 8.20am.
30/10/11 Times of India

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Categories: Air India Oct 2011, Safety Oct 2011