Jetlite flight grounded after bird-hit

Bhopal: Fifty-two passengers on board of a Jetlite flight on Tuesday morning had a close shave when the aircraft suffered a bird-hit minutes before landing at the Raja Bhoj airport here, officials said.
After the bird hit, the Boeing S2 - 791 was grounded leaving 52 passengers who had boarded the plane in Indore stranded for some time. Besides, more than 90 others who were waiting here to catch the aircraft for Delhi were stranded for hours.
Efforts were on to fix the technical snag of the grounded aircraft. Equipment from Hyderbad had reached here to repair the plane which sustained some problem in one of its engine, they said. The aircraft is likely to be ready to fly on Wednesday morning, Jetlite officials said.
28/12/11 Times of India

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