Kolkata bound Air Asia plane makes emergency landing after bird hit
Lucknow: A Kolkata-bound AirAsia flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport after a bird hit just a little while after take-off on Sunday, media reports said.
The airline was making arrangements to accommodate the passengers on another flight.
A similar incident occurred last year when an Akasa Air plane from Ahmedabad to New Delhi was grounded had to be grounded following a bird hit.
The airlines have to check and do maintenance after a bird hit.
In that incident, the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft suffered radome damage at 1900 feet.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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