A Mumbai-bound GoAir plane carrying 116 passengers was forced to return to Ahmedabad airport and make a landing in emergency conditions on Tuesday after a bird hit it minutes after its take-off.

The GoAir flight number 368 from Ahmedabad that was to land in Mumbai at 10.20 am made an emergency landing in Ahmedabad airport after the incident at around 9.30 am, few minutes after the flight took off from the airport, at a height of around 300 feet.