Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific flight suffers bird hit

Cathay Pacific Cx 646 flight had a narrow escape when it was hit by a bird before flying into its full altitude in the wee hours on Sunday.

The plane took off at 1.49 AM with 244 passengers on board from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad and was scheduled to land at Hong Kong airport at 9.40 AM.

The



twin engine Airbus A330-300 plane, however, returned to the airport after a bird crashed into its right side of nose, when it was flying at a low altitude, after 35 minutes of flight.

The airlines staff comforted the panic-stricken passengers at a private hotel before the flight left for Hong Kong some time later.