New Delhi: A Kingfisher plane carrying Railway Minister Lalu Prasad made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi airport on Saturday after being hit by a bird.
The Kingfisher flight IT 331 from Delhi to Varanasi was hit by a bird while taking off, sources said.
Later, the Railway Minister left for Varanasi in an Indian Airlines flight.
Bird hits are a major menace especially in Delhi and Mumbai which together have seen 45 bird hits this year alone. The culprit: dense human habitation around the airports.
Every state has an Airport Environment management committee headed by the chief secretary to monitor areas around the airport on a monthly basis. But the results have not been encouraging. With the growth in traffic the hits have only increased.
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