Flight makes emergency landing in Chennai

A Delhi-bound Indigo Airlines flight, with 114 passengers on board, made an emergency landing in Chennai following a bird-hit.

A Delhi-bound Indigo Airlines flight, with 114 passengers on board, made an emergency landing in Chennai following a bird-hit soon after it took off on Friday night, airport sources said on Saturday.

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The pilot made the emergency landing as a preventive measure, they said. All the 114 passengers and the crew members were safe.
The flight was cancelled and the airlines had refunded the ticket fare to the passengers, they added.