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  • Air India Colombo-Chennai flight hit by a bird
  • Aircraft landed safely; all 158 passengers disembarked
  • Return journey cancelled after safety inspections conducted

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Colombo-Chennai Air India flight suffers bird hit

An Air India Colombo-Chennai flight carrying 158 passengers was hit by a bird on Tuesday. The aircraft landed safely, but its return journey was cancelled after safety checks.

Updated: Sep 02, 2022 10:53
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Colombo-Chennai Air India flight suffers bird hit

An Air India Colombo-Chennai flight carrying 158 passengers suffered a bird hit on Tuesday, forcing the airline to cancel its return journey, airport authorities said.

The aircraft landed safely, and all the passengers were safely disembarked from the plane, they said.

The bird hit was detected after it touched down at the airport in Chennai, the authorities added.

The aircraft has been grounded, and extensive checks were carried out by the Air India engineers and the airline officials cancelled its return journey due to the incident, they said.

The airliner arranged another aircraft for 137 passengers who later left for Colombo, they said.

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