AIR INDIA FLIGHT LANDS SAFELY AFTER A BIRDHIT

A Delhi-Kolkata Air India flight carrying more than 250 passengers was hit by a bird, seconds before it was to land in the West Bengal capital on Monday morning. Airport officials said the flight landed safely and the hit was detected only when engineers were conducting mandatory checks before the aircraft was supposed to take off for Delhi. An Air India spokesperson said the bird hit happened just before the flight landed at 9.20am, but it was not noticed then.