GoAir flight suffers bird hit, matter under investigation

New Delhi June 22 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier GoAir on Thursday reported that its Delhi-Mumbai flight on June 21 suffered a bird hit and that the matter was under investigation.

GoAir flight G8 338 from New Delhi to Mumbai carrying 155 passengers suffered a bird hit yesterday. Following standard operating procedure the aircraft returned to New Delhi as a precautionary measure at 1128 hrs the airline said in a statement.

All passengers were transferred to another aircraft which was airborne at 1304 hrs. The matter is under investigation.

--IANS
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