Bird hit forces Madurai flight to return

Chennai: A bird-hit forced a Madurai-bound flight to return to base after it took off from Chennai airport on Sunday.
The bird-hit was reported about 20 minutes after the flight took off at 10.40am. The Madurai-bound Jet Airways flight had 60 passengers onboard.
When the pilot realised that a bird had hit the flight, he radioed the air traffic control that he is returning because of the incident, an airport official said.
After the passengers were moved to the terminal, engineers inspected the aircraft. As no serious damage was detected the same flight was cleared for operation after about an hour, an airport official said.
25/06/12 Times of India

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