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Linate airport. Alitalia's flight involved in bird strike: runway closed for 15 minutes

Milan, Italy - The aircraft coming from Varsavia was in landing phase. No consequences

An Alitalia's flight was involved yesterday at 4:30 pm local time in a bird-strike while landing in Milan's airport of Linate, Italy. The event, as reported by "Il Giorno", didn't cause any consequence to the aircraft which was able to land in safety. Linate's security officers closed the airport for 15 minutes as a preventative measure in order to verify the runway conditions and any potential...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1160077
Rome, Italy, 05/12/2014 15:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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