Bhubaneswar, May 1: More than 150 people had a miraculous escape even as an aeroplane in which they were travelling was hit by a hailstorm in the sky just about 10 minutes after it took off from the Biju Patnaik International Aiport here this afternoon. 

According to the information, the Vistara flight UK-788 had to make emergency landing just 10 minutes after it took off . The plan was hit by hailstones and thunderstorm too. An window sill of the plane was reportedly damaged. 

There were 169 passengers onboard the Vistara flight when it took off safely. After emergency landing, all these passengers got down safely. A window sill has been damaged, Informed Prasanna Pradhan, Director BPIA.    

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