Bird hit: Air India flight carrying 124 passengers makes emergency landing at Patna airport

A Delhi-bound Air India flight with 124 passengers onboard made an emergency landing at Patna airport on Thursday. All passengers are reported to be safe.

News agency ANI reported that flight AI 410, with 124 passengers, was forced to make an emergency landing at Patna's Jay Prakash Narayan Airport - from where it took off - after a bird-hit caused one of the engines to develop a snag.

Earlier this week, a Delhi-bound Air India flight carrying 131 passengers returned to the city airport after suffering a bird-hit. An Air India spokesperson confirmed the incident saying the flight AI 440 was airborne for nearly 20 minutes before it suffered the bird-hit, "forcing" it to return to the city airport.

This is the third incident of bird hit in a month. Earlier, passengers flying in two flights of SpiceJet and Indigo suffered bird hits on June 17 over the Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport in Patna.