US EditionIndiGo Flight Suffers Bird Hit At 4,000 Feet, Makes Emergency Landing In Ranchi
- On Monday at 1:14 pm, an IndiGo Airbus 320 carrying 175 people performed an emergency touchdown at Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi following a bird strike.
- The bird strike happened around 10 to 12 nautical miles from Ranchi at an altitude of 3,000 to 4,000 feet, forcing the pilot to perform the emergency landing.
- The bird involved was identified as a vulture, which caused a dent to the aircraft's nose, and engineers began assessing the damage after the safe landing.
- R R Maurya, Director of Birsa Munda Airport, stated, "all the passengers are safe" and confirmed the aircraft suffered a dent after the vulture hit.
- The safe disembarkation of all passengers and damage assessment imply no injuries occurred, but the flight was terminated pending further inspections.
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Airplanes normally fly at speeds between 200 and 900 km/h. In such a situation, even if the bird weighs only 1 kg, the kinetic energy of the collision is very high. For example, a 1 kg bird hitting an aircraft flying at 300 km/h can generate a force of about 3400 Newton, which can be equivalent to the blow of a heavy hammer.
Ranchi-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing after suffering bird hit
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