Air India plane makes emergency landing at Bhopal

A Mumbai-bound Air India flight made an emergency landing here on Wednesday after a bird hit it during take-off, officials said.

The flight, AI 634, with 129 passengers on board, took off from Bhopal at 8.30 a.m. but had to return to runway as a bird hit its engine, resulting in technical problems, sources said.

All passengers are safe, officials said.