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Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight suffers bird-hit, returns to Rajkot
The Rajkot-Mumbai flight suffered a bird hit during take-off around 7:15 am.
Updated on: Jun 30, 2018, 17:58:49 IST
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A Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight was forced to return to the Rajkot airport on Saturday after it suffered a bird-hit during take-off, a senior official said.
The Rajkot-Mumbai flight suffered a bird hit during take-off around 7:15 am, Rajkot Airport Director B K Das said.
“After the bird-hit, the flight returned to the airport and was grounded. The aircraft has suffered some problems in the incident and repair work will be carried out by a team from Mumbai before it takes off again,” Das told PTI.
Jet Airways officials were not available for comment.
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