AHMEDABAD: A GoAir flight suffered a bird-hit during takeoff from Ahmedabad on Wednesday morning. The Ahmedabad-Kolkata flight has been cancelled, informed the airline. 


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Nearly 166 passengers were on board when the incident took place. All passengers are safe, said GoAir. 


On January 20, around 160 passengers, including Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren, had a close shave when their Air India plane suffered a bird hit while landing at the airport in Guwahati.


The Delhi-Guwahati-Imphal flight was grounded on January 19 and passengers travelling to Imphal were left stranded.


“Our AI flight was hit by a flying bird and airplane landed safely in Guwahati today,” Mr. Biren tweeted on Friday.


With agency inputs