Akasa Air: A bird collided with an Akasa airline plane, flight going to Bangalore returned to Mumbai

Akasa Airlines' Mumbai-Bengaluru flight was disrupted today. The bird collided with his plane after taking off from Mumbai. Due to this flight number QP-1103 had to return to Mumbai.

The plane landed safely at Mumbai airport. After the plane returned safely to Mumbai, it was examined. Media reports that the plane smelled of burning. In the investigation, marks of bird burns have been found on one engine.

Nothing wrong with bird burns

Sources say that the stench started spreading rapidly in the plane. Upon his return to Mumbai, the investigation revealed that it was the smell of bird burning. Apart from this, there was no defect in the aircraft or engine.

Akasa Air gave this information

An Akasa Air spokesperson said on the incident that on October 14, Akasa Air flight QP 1103, which took off from Mumbai to Bangalore, had to return to Mumbai due to a foul smell in the cabin due to a bird collision. The plane landed safely in Mumbai and all the passengers were deboarded. The aircraft was thoroughly inspected. The company's customer service team assisted passengers and made arrangements to accommodate their travels. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to the passengers.

DGCA issued advisory

In August, the DGCA issued an advisory to all airports in the country, warning about the danger to flights from wildlife and birds. The move was issued after several incidents of birds colliding with planes. This includes regular patrolling at the airport by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, informing pilots to be alert during the monsoon period to avoid such incidents. Along with this, it was also made mandatory to send reports of wildlife risk management to airports every month.

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