Bhopal: An Air India flight from Bhopal to Mumbai made an emergency landing at Bhopal airport on Wednesday morning.
The flight carrying 90 passengers had to be landed in an emergency situation after it suffered a bird hit leading to engine failure.
According to sources, all passengers are safe and have been shifted to hotels.
Nearly five minutes after the AI flight took-off at around 7.55 AM from the Raja Bhoj Airport, a bird hit it and entered the right engine, damaging its fans.
The pilot apprised the Air Traffic Control (ATC) that the flight has to make an emergency landing which was allowed, an Air India official said.
The aircraft was being repaired, he said, adding that the airline was taking care of all the stranded passengers. "We have plans to divert a Delhi-Mumbai flight from Bhopal to fly the 90 passengers to their destination," he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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