Jet Airways flight makes emergency landing in Kathmandu after hit by bird

According to initial reports, all passengers are safe

Update: 2014-12-29 14:53 GMT
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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.

"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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