Jet Airways Mumbai-Kathmandu flight suffers bird hit, lands safely

Jet Airways Mumbai-Kathmandu flight suffers bird hit, lands safely

FP Archives December 29, 2014, 14:48:23 IST

The plane, however, made a safe landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Jet Airways said.

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Jet Airways Mumbai-Kathmandu flight suffers bird hit, lands safely

Kathmandu: A Jet Airways aircraft from Mumbai with 125 passengers and six crew members on board landed under emergency conditions here after it suffered a bird hit.

The plane, however, made a safe landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Jet Airways said.

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“Jet Airways flight 9W 268 Mumbai to Kathmandu B737 experienced a bird ingestion on approach and continued the flight with an uneventful and safe landing at Kathmandu,” the airline said in a statement.

The airline engineering team is inspecting the aircraft and once satisfied will release aircraft for further operations, it said.

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