Sri Lankan Airlines flight (UL131) from Colombo to Tiruchi was grounded at the airport for more than seven hours after a bird hit the engine of the aircraft while landing at the Tiruchi Airport this morning, Indian media reported.
According to sources quoted by the Hindu, the bird hit was reported in the left engine of the aircraft while landing. The aircraft had a safe landing.
The return flight (UL132), which was scheduled to leave at 9.40 a.m., was delayed. A team of engineers of the airlines arrived here by the afternoon flight from Colombo and rectified the problem. The flight left for Colombo by 5.20 p.m., the source said.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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