A full emergency was declared at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on Saturday after a Dubai-bound FedEx aircraft suffered a bird hit soon after take-off, according to airport officials.
Airport officials stated that the FedEx aircraft was hit minutes after it took-off.
India Today reported quoting sources, the step was taken so that the aircraft could land at the airport and it could get be checked for any technical glitch before the clearance.
FedEx is a courier/cargo aircraft.
With ANI Inputs