Air India flight suffers bird-hit while flying to Pune, return journey to Delhi cancelled

A Pune-bound Air India flight from New Delhi suffered a bird hit on Friday, forcing the airline to cancel its return journey.

The Air India flight AI-2469, carrying around 100 passengers, had departed from Delhi at 5:31 am and landed safely in Pune at 7:14 am. The bird hit was detected after it touched down in Pune, the airline said in a statement.

“Flight AI2470 scheduled to operate from Pune to Delhi on June 20 has been cancelled due to a bird-hit which was detected after the incoming flight landed safely in Pune," it said.