The Air Arabia flight was certain for Sharjah from the Coimbatore Worldwide Airport. File {photograph} used for representational functions solely.
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An Air Arabia flight certain to Sharjah was grounded on the Coimbatore Worldwide Airport following a hen hit, throughout its take-off, on Monday morning.
Airport authorities and a supply with Air Arabia stated {that a} large-sized hen, suspected to be a kite, hit one of many engines of the plane when it was taxiing on the runway for the take-off, at 7 a.m.
The pilot aborted the take-off and the flight, with 162 passengers and crew on board, was moved to an apron. The passengers had been deplaned from the plane.
Airport Director S. Senthil Valavan stated that flight engineers had been attending to the plane to repair the injury attributable to the hen hit.
