An Air Malta flight to Rome via Reggio landed safely this morning after suffering a bird strike at Reggio. Except for this incident the flight was uneventful, the airline said.

This afternoon Air Malta sent a relief aircraft to Reggio to transport the Rome bound passengers whilst also ferrying Air Malta engineers to look after the affected aircraft.

Due to this incident a number of Air Malta flights today will be incurring delays including KM490 from Malta to Zurich (1 ½ hours), KM146 to Manchester (2 hours), KM614 to Rome (1 hour), KM628 to Milan Malpensa (1 hour) and KM172 to Birmingham (3 ½ hours).

Customers scheduled to depart on these flights have been advised to visit www.maltairport.com or contact flight enquiries of Malta International Airport on tel: 5004 3333 for updated flight departure / arrival information.

Air Malta regretted the inconvenience but stressed that safety came first.

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