Ahmedabad: As many as 155 Mumbai-bound passengers, including crew members, had a narrow escape after the flight carrying them suffered a bird-hit. It had to make an emergency landing at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Monday.
Ahmedabad-Mumbai GoAir flight G8-368 took off at 9.40am from the city airport and at 9.55am it reported bird-hit and landed back. "The pilot reported that there is some vibration in the right engine and asked for landing. After the landing, the runway was checked where a dead bird was found," said R K Singh, airport director.
After the technical inspection, the flight departed at 12.30pm with all passengers for Mumbai.
This is the second major incident of bird-hit in three days. On August 9, Mumbai-bound Indigo flight 6E-244 carrying 95 passengers and six crew members was hit by a bird and two blades of the rotor of the left engine were damaged resulting in the grounding of the flight. The incident on Monday was seventh this year and fifth since July.
12/08/14 Times of India
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Ahmedabad-Mumbai GoAir flight G8-368 took off at 9.40am from the city airport and at 9.55am it reported bird-hit and landed back. "The pilot reported that there is some vibration in the right engine and asked for landing. After the landing, the runway was checked where a dead bird was found," said R K Singh, airport director.
After the technical inspection, the flight departed at 12.30pm with all passengers for Mumbai.
This is the second major incident of bird-hit in three days. On August 9, Mumbai-bound Indigo flight 6E-244 carrying 95 passengers and six crew members was hit by a bird and two blades of the rotor of the left engine were damaged resulting in the grounding of the flight. The incident on Monday was seventh this year and fifth since July.
12/08/14 Times of India
