Air India flight from Colombo to Chennai suffers bird hit

An Air India Colombo–Chennai flight carrying 158 passengers suffered a bird hit after landing at Chennai airport on Tuesday. All passengers were safely disembarked, officials confirmed. The aircraft was grounded for inspection, and the airline cancelled its return journey, arranging another plane for travellers to Colombo

An Air India Colombo-Chennai flight carrying 158 passengers suffered a bird hit on Tuesday, forcing the airline to cancel its return journey, airport authorities said.

The aircraft landed safely, and all the passengers were safely disembarked from the plane , they said.

The bird hit was detected after it touched down at the airport here, the authorities added. The aircraft has been grounded, and extensive checks were carried out by the Air India engineers and the air