A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight with 181 passengers and eight crew members on board was forced to make an emergency landing at Patna airport on Friday after one of its engines became inoperative. The incident occurred just three minutes after the flight took off.
The flight landed safely around 9:11 am at the Jay Prakash Narayan Airport in Patna. According to the pilot, no further assistance was required. All operations are normal at the airport.
As per information by Indigo, the airline is accommodating all the passengers on a separate flight which is expected to depart at 11:40 am.
Air India made a precautionary landing at Kochi airport
Earlier on August 2, an Air India Express flight made a precautionary landing at Kochi airport. According to an airline source, the flight was going to Sharjah from Kochi but shortly after takeoff, a passenger suspected a burning smell. Soon after the takeoff of the aircraft from the Cochin International Airport, a guest reported some kind of suspected burning smell.
As a precautionary measure, it was decided to turn back the aircraft to the airport. After landing, the aircraft was inspected and nothing amiss was found, the source added. For the passengers, the airline arranged another aircraft. the aircraft left for Sharjah on a delayed basis carrying around 175 passengers.
Air India made emergency landing
On Monday, a Sharjah-bound Air India Express flight made an emergency landing at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport following technical issues, airport sources said.
The airport authority declared a full emergency at the International Airport after the flight departed from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu at around 10:45 am.
The flight landed safely at Thiruvananthapuram at around noon, an Air India spokesperson said. The airline also said there were 154 passengers on the flight and that it was a precautionary landing.
"The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew are fine. A local standby was declared. It was an AC issue, " the official said. The passengers are presently at the airport and would be taking off within an hour on another flight arranged by the airline, he added.
