Airport director wrote to PMC to clear garbage 2 days before flight was cancelled due to bird hit

Director of the Pune International Airport Santosh Dhoke had written to the Pune Municipal Commissioner over unauthorised constructions and garbage dumping on the east and west walls of the airport, leading to increased bird activity on June 18 — two days before an Air India flight was cancelled due to a bird hit.

On June 20, an Air India flight was grounded at the Pune Airport and its return journey to Delhi was cancelled after a bird hit was detected post-landing. On June 5, a flight from Delhi to Pune was diverted to Surat due to alleged bird activity.