Air India Express flight hit by bird; all 148 passengers safe

BENGALURU: An Air India Express flight carrying 148 passengers was hit by a bird while arriving in Bengaluru. The aircraft landed safely at Kempegowda International Airport and was moved to a parking stand. The incident occurred on Monday when the flight was travelling from Visakhapatnam to Bengaluru.

Technical experts have begun inspecting the aircraft to check whether it sustained any damage in the bird strike. In a similar incident on Saturday, an Emirates flight travelling from Dubai to Delhi was hit by a bird while landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The return service was delayed by 14 hours as the damage caused by the bird strike had to be repaired.