Bbubaneshwar-bound flight suffers bird hit; passengers safe

A Vistara flight with 50 passengers onboard from here suffered a bird hit while it was in the process of landing at the Bhubaneswar Airport this morning.

The flight, however, made a normal landing and all passengers are safe, a source said.

The bird-hit aircraft is grounded at the Bhubaneswar airport where engineers are assessing the damage to the plane, they said.

When contacted, Tata-SIA run Vistara refused to comment on the incident.