A Swiss airliner made an emergency landing shortly after taking off in Russia's northern city of St. Petersburg on Sunday as a bird was caught into one of its engines, the Interfax news agency reported.
The Airbus 319 with 123 passengers and seven crew members on board was to travel to Zurich, but turned around and landed at St. Petersburg's
Pulkovo airport because of an engine problem, Interfax cited a local prosecutor as saying.
"After the plane's takeoff at 3 p.m. Moscow time (1200 GMT), the crew informed authorities that there were vibrations in an engine," the official
said.
He said an examination showed that a bird had flown into the plane's engine and that it had caused the vibrations.