Superbly handled by the pilots, by all accounts
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The Times of India , Hyderabad edition has an interesting version.
HYDERABAD: Another aircraft taking off from the Hyderabad airport at Begumpet suffered a bird-hit on Tuesday, barely five days after an Indian Airlines flight to Sharjah had to make an emergency landing after a bird got sucked into its engine.
A Dubai-bound Emirates aircraft took a bird-hit after taking off from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at 10.40 am on Tuesday morning but the pilot decided to proceed with the flight.
He was forced to prepare for an emergency landing in Mumbai but was refused permission due to unfavourable weather conditions there. With no other go, the crew turned the flight back to Hyderabad and landed 50 minutes after taking off from the same airport.
There were 188 passengers on board, including the crew.
As in last week's incident in which a Sharjah-bound Airbus-320 suffered a bird-hit, a bird reportedly got sucked into an engine of the Emirates Airbus A330 and the blades of the engine reportedly got damaged.
According to airport sources, the pilot was informed by air traffic control about the bird-hit soon after takeoff but he decided to proceed with the flight.
He was forced to prepare for an emergency landing in Mumbai but was refused permission due to unfavourable weather conditions there. With no other go, the crew turned the flight back to Hyderabad and landed 50 minutes after taking off from the same airport.
It was only when he felt that the aircraft needed to make an emergency landing that he weighed the option of landing in Mumbai.
When Mumbai ATC informed pilot that it would not be possible to land there, the pilot turned the aircraft back to Hyderabad.
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