Jet Airways Mumbai-Kathmandu flight suffers bird hit, lands safely

Kathmandu: A Jet Airways aircraft from Mumbai with 125 passengers and six crew members on board landed under emergency conditions here after it suffered a bird hit.The plane, however, made a safe landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Jet Airways said.[caption id="attachment_2020797" align="alignleft" width="380"] Reuters image[/caption]"Jet Airways flight 9W 268 Mumbai to Kathmandu B737 experienced a bird ingestion on approach and continued the flight with an uneventful and safe landing at Kathmandu," the airline said in a statement.The airline engineering team is inspecting the aircraft and once satisfied will release aircraft for further operations, it said. PTI