IndiGo flight to Ranchi makes emergency touchdown after hit by ‘vulture’, plane broken

IndiGo flight to Ranchi makes emergency touchdown after hit by ‘vulture’, plane broken

Jun 02, 2025 04:57 PM IST

The flight, with 175 passengers on board, made an emergency touchdown after a chicken hit en-route to Ranchi. 

A Ranchi-bound IndiGo flight was pressured to make an emergency touchdown on Monday, PTI information company reported, citing officers. Officers added that the emergency touchdown occurred as a result of a chicken hit and all 175 passengers on board had been secure. 

IndiGo flight to Ranchi was pressured to make an emergency touchdown (Representational Picture)(Bloomberg)

PTI additional reported that the plane suffered harm after it was hit by vulture round 4,000 toes altitude. 

IndiGo flights face the brunt 

On Sunday, an IndiGo flight heading to Delhi skilled main turbulence because of the intense climate within the nationwide capital.

Flight 6E 6313 – from Raipur to Delhi – landed safely on the Delhi airport after circling within the air for some time because of the mud storm on Sunday.

As a result of severity of the climate, the pilot aborted touchdown at Delhi airport and circled within the air till the climate situation improved for touchdown. 

This incident comes weeks after a Srinagar-bound IndiGo flight suffered main turbulence after take-off from Delhi’s IGI airport. The airplane bought caught in a extreme hailstorm close to Pathankot, Punjab and in addition suffered harm to the nostril of the airplane because of the hail.

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The hailstorm for the Srinagar-bound flight resulted within the IndiGo pilots requesting permission to enter Pakistani airspace to keep away from the hailstorm and heavy rain. After permission was denied by each the Indian Air Drive and Lahore Air Visitors Management, the pilots continued their journey to Srinagar and landed safely. 

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