Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner suffers minor bird hit while landing at Bangalore

September 27, 2012 Comments Off on Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner suffers minor bird hit while landing at Bangalore 160 Views

Like a new car getting its first scratch, Air India’s first Dreamliner suffered a minor bird hit while landing at Bangalore earlier this morning.

Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANH performing flight AI803 from New Delhi, with 127 passengers, suffered a bird hit while landing on runway 27 around 09:00 (03:30Z) at Bengaluru International Airport, Bangalore. The bird, struck the fuselage, and was not ingested in to the engine. The crew performed a normal landing and taxied to the gate and passengers disembarked normally.

The aircraft was thoroughly inspected and no damage was found. The aircraft performed its return flight AI505 to New Delhi with a delay of 30 minutes.

About Devesh Agarwal

A electronics and automotive product management, marketing and branding expert, he was awarded a silver medal at the Lockheed Martin innovation competition 2010. He is ranked 6th on Mashable's list of aviation pros on Twitter and in addition to Bangalore Aviation, he has contributed to leading publications like Aviation Week, Conde Nast Traveller India, The Economic Times, and The Mint (a Wall Street Journal content partner). He remains a frequent flier and shares the good, the bad, and the ugly about the Indian aviation industry without fear or favour.

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