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IndiGo Hyderabad-Chennai Flight Goes Around After Suspected Bird Strike

IndiGo Hyderabad-Chennai Flight Goes Around After Suspected Bird Strike
IndiGo Plane Goes Around After Suspected Bird Hit to Preceding Flight · deccanchronicle.com

Planes fly to many places every day, and sometimes something unexpected happens.

A plane flying from Hyderabad was getting ready to land in Chennai.

But the plane that landed just before it, from Port Blair, thought it had hit a bird.

Hitting a bird, even a small one, can be dangerous for a plane.

So the airport decided to check the runway before allowing more landings.

The pilot of the Hyderabad plane was asked to pull up and circle around instead of landing.

This is called a go-around, and pilots practice it many times.

Airport workers checked the runway to make sure it was safe.

When they finished, the plane came back and landed without any problems.

Everyone was safe, and the airport made sure to put safety first.

Key facts

Airline
IndiGo
Disrupted flight route
Hyderabad to Chennai
Preceding flight route
Port Blair to Chennai
Incident
Suspected bird strike reported while taxiing on the taxiway
Go-around time
Approximately 3:28 pm
Distance from touchdown
About one nautical mile
Port Blair flight landing time
Approximately 3:25 pm
Final safe landing time
Approximately 3:45 pm

Sources

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