An Air India aircraft landed safely at London's Heathrow airport after sufering from a bird strike in its flight path between Ahmedabad and London.
The bird hit was severe enough to push back the aircraft's nose and damage the radar system. The onward flight to Newark was cancelled and the aircraft grounded.
The incident happened on Wednesday. It is not known how many people were there in the Ahmedabad-Newark flight.
An Air India spokesperson said, "AI-171 Ahmedabad-London-Newark flight is grounded due to bird hit yesterday. Due to this unfortunate incident, London-Newark and Newark-London flight is cancelled."
For London -Newark passangers, alternate arrangments had been made.
"Due to bird hit, the nose of the aircraft is damaged and also the radar system. The aircraft is grounded in London and Maintance/Repair work is going on," the spokesperson said.
According to Air India's Engineering Department, the aircraft will be ready for next schedule from London to Ahmedabad.
For the Ahmedabad passengers, alternate arrangment has been made. They will travel by an Air India London-Mumbai flight and will be transferred by domestic flight to Ahmedabad.
