Virgin Australia flight 148 from Queenstown to Melbourne with 73 Passengers & Crew suffered a bird strike shortly after departure from Queenstown, New Zealand. After 50 minutes of flying to burn fuel and lose weight, the aircraft diverted to Invercargill.

Was on my way to Melbourne for a connecting flight to London (via Kuala Lumpur), but a bird strike on departure forced us to divert instead to Invercargill. Not quite where I would like to be!

We are safe and checked into the hotel for the night, a massive thank you to the superb crew onboard the flight for getting us down safely and with one engine.

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