GoFirst Ahmedabad-Chandigarh flight returns to origin following bird hit

NEW DELHI: GoFirst’s Ahmedabad-Chandigarh flight on Thursday returned to the origin soon after take off following a bird hit. “There was a suspected bird hit to engine number 1 and the aircraft operating as G8-911 returned to Ahmedabad. It is being investigated,” said a Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official. Comments from GoAir have been sought and are awaited.
Following some bird hits this monsoon, the DGCA had on June 20 asked airport operators to immediately take steps to minimise this risk. The incidence of bird hits rises during any season as waterlogged ground sends worms and insects to the surface, attracting birds even more than the what the garbage dumped and abattoirs on the approach path of aircraft and near airports do.
“We are all aware that during monsoon season wild life (birds and animals) activity increases in and around airports.