Plane escaped crash after bird strike at Lahore airport

LAHORE: A plane of a foreign airline was damaged after apparently being hit by a bird while taking off from Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore on Tuesday morning.

Turkish Airlines TK-715 was on its way to Istanbul when the incident occurred. 359 passengers were on board.

The pilot succeeded in landing the plane back at the airport safely. All the passengers were shifted to the international departure lounge.

Later, the flight was deferred indefinitely and the passengers were told to go home, sources said. But the passengers refused to return and staged a protest in the lounge demanding the airline to accommodate them to hotels.

The Airport Security Force called in reinforcements to stop the passengers from continuing the protest.