Private Airline Boeing 737 hit by bird strike, makes emergency landing
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KARACHI: A private Airline Jet escaped a deadly disaster after a bird hit soon after take off from Karachi.
An Islamabad-bound airplane, which had taken off from Karachi, landed back at Karachi airport after a bird strike on Monday.
The airplane, Boeing-737, was of a private airline. According to Civil Aviation Authorities, the plane had suffered a bird strike about 16 kilometres from Karachi.
The bird had strikes the plane’s windscreen, according to the sources.
The investigation of the plane is under way
Bird strikes cost the aviation industry millions of dollars every year. According to estimates, airlines in the US suffer loss of USD 68.3 million per year while worldwide the carriers have lost USD 1.3 billion in direct damage and associated costs in terms of aircraft down-time.
In India, airlines have lost about Rs 180 million in 2011 due to bird-hits and incidents of runway incursions by stray animals.
