When A Wild Boar Delayed IndiGo Plane On Vizag Runway

As many as 160 passengers and crew aboard an IndiGo flight had a narrow escape when a wild boar showed up on the runway and came under the aircraft while it was in the last stage of taxiing. As there was no time to abort the take-off, the pilot went ahead, but returned shortly to assess any possible damage to the Airbus plane as a precaution, the IndiGo said in a statement today.

The incident has been reported to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). “The IndiGo flight 6E-742 from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad struck a wandering wild boar on the runway during take-off. As per the standard operating procedures, the captain immediately reported the matter to the Air Traffic Control and decided to hold over Vizag,” the airline said in the statement.