An IndiGo flight with 272 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Nagpur after a bird hit damaged the aircraft’s front portion shortly after takeoff.
An IndiGo flight with 272 passengers on board returned to the Nagpur airport after it suffered a bird hit soon after take off.
The flight was bound for Kolkata, but made an emergency landing in Nagpur as the crew decided to make a U-turn midair.
According to the details, the front portion of the aircraft suffered damage due to the bird strike.
All passengers were reported safe.
An image from the runway at the Nagpur airport showed an airport staffer inspecting the aircraft, with the nose of the plane visibly damaged.
In a statement, Abid Ruhi, Senior Airport Director, Nagpur Airport, said the authorities at the airport were trying to analyse what had happened.
“There has been a suspected bird strike on IndiGo’s 6E812 Nagpur-Kolkata flight. We are trying to analyse what has happened,” news agency ANI quoted him as saying.
Later, an official statement by a spokesperson of the airline read, “IndiGo flight 6E 812 operating from Nagpur to Kolkata on 02 September 2025 encountered a bird strike soon after take-off.”
“As a precautionary step, pilots decided to turn back, and the flight landed safely at the Nagpur airport,” it added.
“Due to the requirement of necessary inspection and maintenance of the aircraft, the flight has been cancelled for the day,” the statement read.
On Monday, a Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight from Pune made a mid-air turnback to the originating airport due to a technical glitch and landed under full emergency conditions, news agency PTI quoted sources.
The aircraft landed safely and passengers were deplaned normally, SpiceJet said in a statement.
“SpiceJet Boeing 737 aircraft, bearing registration VT-SLG was midway diverted back to Pune airport due to a technical glitch. The flight landed back under full emergency conditions after an hour of its take off for Delhi,” the source told PTI.
The flight SG937 had departed with a delay of 40 minutes from its scheduled time of 6 am from Pune airport, and was to land in Delhi at 8.10 am, as per the flight tracking website flightradar24.com.