India, Sept. 2 -- There was a suspected bird strike on IndiGo 6E812 Nagpur-Kolkata flight, senior airport director of Nagpur said on Tuesday morning. Reports said the IndiGo flight was carrying 272 passengers.

We are trying to analyse what has happened, news agency ANI quoted senior airport director Abid Ruhi as saying.

An official statement from the airline is awaited.

Data from flight tracking portal flightradar24.com showed that the aircraft - an Airbus A320-251N - was diverted back to Nagpur.

The bird strike shortly after takeoff reportedly damaged aircraft's front portion.

More details are awaited.

Last week, a technical issue detected mid-air led to a Dubai-bound IndiGo flight from Gujarat's Surat with around 150 passengers on...