No passengers were injured when the flight from India’s capital Delhi to the northern Indian city of Srinagar was forced to fly through a hailstorm. But a post-landing inspection revealed damage to the aircraft’s nose, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a statement, adding that the incident was under investigation.
The incident highlights the risks commercial airlines and passengers face after tensions between India and Pakistan led the two nuclear-armed neighbours to close their airspaces to each other’s airlines last month.
The IAF did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A spokesperson for the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority declined to comment.
“The flight and cabin crew followed established protocol and the aircraft landed safely in Srinagar,“ IndiGo said in a statement.
Tensions flared between India and Pakistan following a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir in April, eventually triggering the two neighbours’ worst military conflict in nearly three decades.
The two countries declared a truce earlier this month. Their airspaces, however, remain closed to each other’s airlines.
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