An Air China plane was forced to land after a bird strike damaged its radar radome, New Express Daily reported on Wednesday.
No passengers or crew members were injured.
Flight CA4307, bound for Guangzhou city, hit a bird about 20 minutes after take-off from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Sichuan province.
The incident happened at 10:11 am on Tuesday, according to a manager with Air China.
The flight captain contacted Chengdu Shuangliu airport and flew back to Chengdu.
Air China then arranged for another plane to transport the passengers, which took off at 1:19 pm and arrived at the airport in Guangzhou at 3:25 pm.
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