Monday, October 15, 2007

Plane carrying India, Australia cricketers makes emergency landing

NAGPUR (AFP) - A plane carrying members of the Australian and Indian cricket teams made an emergency landing in western India Monday after it was hit by a bird, officials said.

"Both the teams are safe," airport director S.M. Borkar told reporters.

The Australian team were to board another flight later in the day, officials said.

The players were on their way from Nagpur, in India's western Maharashtra state, to the state capital Mumbai.

The teams clash for their seventh one-day international in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Australia won the sixth match in Nagpur Sunday, clinching the series 4-1, with one match rained out.

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