Bhubaneswar: A Bhubaneswar-bound flight was forced to make an emergency landing at IGI airport in New Delhi following a bird hit on Sunday afternoon. The freak accident caused a gaping hole on the nose of the Air India flight IC-877.
Air India authorities said the flight safely landed back at the New Delhi airport and no one was injured. Sources said the flight was expected to land in Bhubaneswar at 1.20 pm. All the passengers reached the state capital in another aircraft.
"After flying for 20 minutes, the pilot announced emergency landing back at IGI airport. We were asked to keep cool. It safely landed and no one was hurt," said BJP leader Murli Sharma, who was in the flight. "After landing, we saw there was a deep hole on the nose of the plane," Sharma added.
12/11/12 Riyan Ramanath/Times of India
