Kingfisher flight makes emergency landing in Mumbai

MUMBAI - A Kingfisher Airlines Mumbai-New Delhi flight made an emergency landing after a suspected bird-hit here Friday morning, an official said.

The flight IT-331 had taken off and was into flight for nearly 15 minutes when the incident occurred and the aircraft returned as “a precautionary measure”, the official said.

There were 120 passengers plus crew members aboard. No casualties were reported.

They were later accommodated in an alternate aircraft that left for the national capital.