Coast Guard chopper makes emergency landing, undercarriage damaged

A Coast Guard helicopter made an emergency landing to avoid a bird hit, but its undercarriage was damaged during the landing.

A Chetak helicopter of the Coast Guard made an emergency landing, immediately after it took off, to avoid a bird hit at the Navy airport in Kochi on Tuesday.

A Coast Guard helicopter made an emergency landing to avoid a bird hit, but its undercarriage was damaged during the landing. (PTI File/ Representational Photo)

There was no injury to the two occupants in the helicopter. However, the copter’s undercarriage was damaged during the landing, Coast Guard sources told PTI.

“After the take-off, before its forward journey, the copter made an emergency landing to avoid a bird that came in its way,” they said.