NEW DELHI, Mar 27: Indian airports saw a significant increase in bird and animal strike incidents in 2021, notwithstanding the limited number of flights operating in the country last year due to coronavirus-induced travel restrictions. Bird and animal strike incidents are considered one of the most potent threats to flight operations. In August 2019, a flock of seagulls struck the engines of Ural Airlines’ Moscow-Simferopol flight, following which the plane crash landed in a cornfield, injuring 74 passengers. There were […]