Close shave for passengers of Dubai-Mumbai IA flight

Jaipur, Oct 17 (UNI) About eighty passengers and seven crew of the Dubai-Mumbai Indian Airlines flight had a close shave as the plane was hit by birds closely after take off from Sanganeer airport this morning.

Indian Airlines station manager Madhulikha said the flight 1C 896 was immedietly grounded and the pasengers were evacuated. The passengers were later flown to Mumbai in another plane. She said the plane suffered only minor damages.

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