New Delhi: Air India’s Ahmedabad to Newark flight via London suffered a bird hit, forcing the airline to cancel its onward journey from Britain’s capital.
AI-171 with 230 passengers onboard suffered a bird hit while it was on its way to London from Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The plane landed at Heathrow Airport at 10:39 am local time. The bird hit damaged the nose of the aircraft as well as the radar antenna, the airline said in a statement.
Of the total 230 passengers, 50 flyers destined to Newark in the US were accommodated on a different flight. Travellers on the return leg of the journey from London to Ahmedabad are being accommodated on AI’s London-Mumbai flight. The Newark to London leg of this return journey was cancelled by the airline.
