New Delhi: An Akasa Air aircraft flying from Pune to Delhi suffered a bird hit but landed safely in the national capital without any incident, the airline said. All passengers and crew members were safely deplaned following landing.

Flight QP1607, operating a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, arrived in Delhi shortly after 10 a.m. on Friday, according to flight tracking data from Flightradar24.

“The aircraft is being examined by our engineering team in accordance with the airline’s standard operating procedures and will be released for service after a thorough inspection,” an Akasa Air spokesperson said in a statement.

The aircraft was originally scheduled to operate a subsequent flight from Delhi to Goa later in the day. However, the departure was delayed for a few hours as another aircraft

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