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Air India flight forced to land after a bird-hit

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A Delhi-bound Air India flight suffered a bird-hit on Monday while the carrier was carrying about 130 passengers including BJP Rajya Sabha MP Prabhat Jha. The flight landed with leaking fuel and a broken fan. Sources at Jaipur airport told DNA that the aircraft was quite damaged when it reached there. Its fuel had leaked and at least seven blades of the aircraft’s fan were broken, reports added.

Soon after Flight AI-436  took off, a bird hit the walls of the flight. However, rules demand that the aircraft should have contacted the nearest Air Traffic Control (ATC) centre executing a priority landing. But the pilot risked the lives of 130 passenger and landed all the way to it’s destination at IGI airport. All the 122 passengers and eight crew members de-boarded the flight safely.

In this case, the flight should have landed at Bhopal airport or Jaipur airport, which is closer to Bhopal as compared to Delhi, sources said. The reason for the Delhi airport denying priority landing to the flight could not be ascertained, but sources said that it could be because of some miscommunication between the Delhi ATC staff and the pilot.

As per DNA reports, the details provided by Jaipur airort of the damage caused to the aircraft; they said that the people on board this flight were really lucky because the incident could have caused a major disaster. “After the flight landed, it was noticed that fuel was leaking from the engine. The aircraft had two fans with 23 blades each. It was found that at least seven blades were broken. This could have resulted in a major accident had there been any delay in this aircraft landing,” said a source. Sources added that the pilot, incidentally, requested the ATC for priority landing, but did not inform about the fuel leakage.

 

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