Mangalore: Peacock Hits Landing Jet Aircraft - Flight Delayed
Daijiworld Medi Network - RS / FL
Mangalore, July 21: A Jet Airways aircraft to Mumbai was delayed for nearly three hours after a peacock hit the aircraft while landing at the Mangalore Airport.
`A peacock hit the aircraft while landing and there is no casualties to any of the passengers' said officials of Jet Airways in a statement. `The flight was delayed for undertaking technical errors in the equipments of the aircraft and the flight finally took off at 6.30 pm' Jet Airways officials informed. The aircraft was scheduled to leave Mangalore airport today at 2.40 pm .
The sources said that the flight was on the way from Mumbai to Mangalore with 75 passengers on board. The peacock's sudden entry in to the runway at the time of landing at about 2.10 pm created the problem resulting in the delayed departure of the flight. According to officials the flight was delayed only to rectify the technical errors caused by the bird hit. The plane was cleared for flight after conducting a technical survey.