Pigeons fly inside Ahmedabad-Jaipur GoAir flight at departure

Ahmedabad: Two pigeons found their way inside a GoAir aircraft, which was preparing for departure for Jaipur from the Sardar Vallabhbhai International airport here on Friday, prompting the airline to urge the AAI to deal with the issue of bird menace on Saturday. Ahmedabad airport is currently managed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

A video of the incident was twitted on Saturday by a passenger which has gone viral on social media.

“Two pigeons found their way inside the GoAir’s Ahmedabad Jaipur flight G8-702 while passengers were boarding (the aircraft),” the airline said in a statement.

“The crew immediately got the birds shooed away. The flight took off as per its scheduled departure of 5 pm (Friday),” the airline added.