Bird hits Indian flight at Dabolim

Vasco: A major tragedy was averted due to alertness on the part of the pilot, after a bird hit an Indian flight - IC 567, while landing on the Dabolim airport runway today. The pilot managed to land the aircraft safely without any injuries to any passenger or crew.
According to sources, a bird hit the engine of the Indian Airlines flight- IC 567 (Kuwait-Cochin via Goa), while landing at Dabolim airport. The incident took place at around 9 a.m.
Sources, said that the aircraft would have gone out of control while landing, however the alert pilot landed the aircraft safely with 145 passengers on-board.
The Indian flight, which was supposed to take-off from Dabolim airport to go to Cochin, was delayed for about half an hour. The damage caused to the aircraft was not known.
Meanwhile, another Indian flight IC- 866 was grounded at Dabolim airport this morning due to technical snag.
17/10/06 Navhind Times

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