Serene Air narrowly escaped horrific accident at Islamabad Airport
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A Serene Air aircraft barely escaped a horrific accident at the New Islamabad International Airport (IIA) today when a bird collided with its windscreen while landing.
According to the details, the Serene Air flight ER-500 from Karachi to Islamabad was positioned to land at the IIA when a bird hit the windscreen in front of the pilot. ------------------------------
The entire windscreen cracked with the impact of the strike, but the pilot landed the aircraft safely.
The aircraft has been declared unfit for the next flight and was grounded for maintenance.
Some passengers waiting for departure on the next flight of the same aircraft left the airport after it was suddenly canceled while others protested against it. ------------------------------
Bird strikes are frequent at almost all national airports. Every year, airlines pay millions of rupees in damages for planes because of them.
In a bid to counter these incidents, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had decided to deploy bird shooters at national airports. Twelve shooters were deployed at the Allama Iqbal Airport, Lahore in October in this regard, and more will be hired for the Karachi and Peshawar airports.
