An Air India Express flight bound for Bengaluru suffered a bird strike but landed safely at Kempegowda International Airport on Tuesday, with all 148 passengers and crew members remaining unharmed.
Flight IX2065, operating from Visakhapatnam to Bengaluru, completed its journey and was moved to a parking stand after touchdown. Ground engineers and technical teams subsequently began inspecting the aircraft to assess any potential damage to its structure or engines as part of standard safety procedures. No injuries were reported during the incident.
In a separate aviation incident on October 14, an Air India flight from Frankfurt to Delhi departed from Jaipur International Airport after security agencies conducted a comprehensive sanitisation sweep and cleared the aircraft following a hijack scare. The international flight had previously made an emergency landing at Jaipur Airport after transmitting the international transponder distress code indicating unlawful interference.
Additionally, on October 11, a Chennai-bound IndiGo flight from Delhi was forced to make an emergency diversion to Hyderabad after a passenger's power bank caught fire inside the cabin. Smoke began billowing from the electronic device mid-flight, prompting the flight crew to contain the incident while the pilots executed a safe diversion in accordance with standard safety protocols.