Patna: Altogether 177 passengers of a Mumbai-bound Indigo Airlines flight (IndiGo 6E191) had a close shave after a bird hit its port-side engine at the Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport, Patna on Saturday.
The passengers suffered no injuries and were sent to their destination by another aircraft. The airline's executive could not be contacted.
The port-side engine was hit, said executive director, Centre for Aviation Policy, Safety and Research, New Delhi, Atul Singh, adding that the officials of private airliners were generally in the habit of hushing-up such incidents. Elaborating on the technical aspect of the incident, he said the abrupt halt of the aircraft after it attained rotating speed with its 'nose up' could have created a major emergency "with its own fuel playing havoc".
Six retired defence personnel have already been deployed as bird chasers - two on the runway and one on the air traffic control tower for bursting crackers immediately before the takeoff and touchdown of aircrafts at the airport. The bird chasers have ample time to chase off birds in case of landing. but always have to rush during takeoff.
17/08/14 Aditya Vaibhav/Times of India
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The passengers suffered no injuries and were sent to their destination by another aircraft. The airline's executive could not be contacted.
The port-side engine was hit, said executive director, Centre for Aviation Policy, Safety and Research, New Delhi, Atul Singh, adding that the officials of private airliners were generally in the habit of hushing-up such incidents. Elaborating on the technical aspect of the incident, he said the abrupt halt of the aircraft after it attained rotating speed with its 'nose up' could have created a major emergency "with its own fuel playing havoc".
Six retired defence personnel have already been deployed as bird chasers - two on the runway and one on the air traffic control tower for bursting crackers immediately before the takeoff and touchdown of aircrafts at the airport. The bird chasers have ample time to chase off birds in case of landing. but always have to rush during takeoff.
17/08/14 Aditya Vaibhav/Times of India
