Bird hits engine of Sri Lankan flight to Tiruchi, grounded for several hours

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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.

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