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Flight suffers bird hit while landing in Kolkata

An aircraft coming from Bengaluru suffered bird hit while landing at the NSC Bose International Airport here on Thursday. Airport…

PTI | Kolkata | April 6, 2017 8:35 am

An aircraft coming from Bengaluru suffered bird hit while landing at the NSC Bose International Airport here on Thursday.

Airport officials said though the right engine of the Jet Airways plane was damaged, it landed safely at around 6 AM.

The aircraft was being repaired and the passengers who booked tickets for its return journey were accommodated in other flights, the officials said.

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