Air Asia's Lucknow-Kolkata flight on Sunday made an emergency landing at Lucknow airport after being hit by a bird during the take-off. A video of passengers deboarding the plane has appeared on social media. “Flight i5-319, scheduled to operate from Lucknow to Kolkata, encountered a bird strike during the take-off roll. As a result, the aircraft returned to the bay and was grounded for detailed inspection,” an Air Asia spokesperson was quested as saying by news agency ANI.
The incident comes at a time the entire aviation industry is on the radar for several back-to-back questionable incidents, including that of unruly passengers and technical glitches.
Early this month, a Paris-bound Air India flight made an emergency landing at Delhi airport after developing a technical glitch.
While incidents of bird-hit, flight diversions because of bad weather are common, the aviation industry is dealing with the issue of managing unruly passengers.
{{/usCountry}}While incidents of bird-hit, flight diversions because of bad weather are common, the aviation industry is dealing with the issue of managing unruly passengers.
{{/usCountry}}In the latest incident of unruly passengers, an FIR has been registered against a passenger on a Mumbai-Nagpur IndiGo flight who tries to remove the cover of the emergency exit when the plane was approaching for landing.