Air India flight update: Mumbai-bound flight suffers bird-hit at Goa airport; take-off aborted
The flight, scheduled from the Dabolim airport (in South Goa) to Mumbai, had to abort its take-off at the runway due to a bird hit, a senior official at the airport told PTI.
An Air India flight departing from Dabolim airport in Goa for Mumbai was forced to abandon its take-off on Wednesday (August 14) morning owing to a bird strike. The incident took place at around 6.45 AM.
The flight, scheduled from the Dabolim airport (in South Goa) to Mumbai, had to abort its take-off at the runway due to a bird hit, a senior official at the airport told PTI.
"The take-off was aborted immediately and the aircraft is parked in the bay for further investigation," he said.
On Tuesday, Air India Express announced that it has launched six new daily flights, including from Chennai and Kolkata, as the airline strengthens its domestic network.
The new flights include two from Kolkata, three from Chennai and the first direct flight on the Guwahati–Jaipur sector.
The new flights were introduced on the Chennai-Bhubaneswar, Chennai-Bagdogra, Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata-Varanasi, Kolkata-Guwahati, and Guwahati-Jaipur sectors, the statement said.
The Kolkata-Varanasi flight will take off at 7:40 am and reach Varanasi at 9:05 am, while the return flight will take off from Varanasi at 9.40 am and land in Kolkata at 11.10 am daily.
The Kolkata-Guwahati flight will leave at 12.10 pm and land in Guwahati at 1.25 pm, while the return flight will leave Guwahati at 1.55 pm and reach Kolkata at 4.35 pm, daily.
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