Scare for Air India passengers after bird hits aircraft

JAIPUR: Over one hundred passengers of a Mumbai-Jaipur Air India flight had a narrow escape when the aircraft was hit by a bird seconds before landing at Terminal 2 of Jaipur airport on Wednesday.

The Air India flight 611 carrying over 100 passengers heading to Jaipur hit a bird in its funnel area at 10.30 am. The impact of hit was so huge that the plane shakes giving jerks to the passengers. The pilot, however, made a safe landing.

"We heard a loud sound followed by jerks leaving us in a jittery. The aircraft tilted on both the directions for few seconds . The sigh of relief came after the nose wheel touched the ground," a passenger told an AI grounds man.

The passengers were immediately evacuated from the plane after it lands. A team of engineers stationed at the airport rushed to the aircraft to analyze the damage but to their surprise they found nothing except for a few scratches.

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