A Guwahati-bound flight from Mumbai made an emergency landing in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka due to fog around the destination airport, officials said on Saturday (January 13). The flight, earlier today, returned at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati on Saturday, officials said. The flight, scheduled to arrive here on Friday night, landed at 11.10 am, they said. It had departed from Dhaka at 10.54 am (Bangladesh time).
“Flight 6E 5319 was flying from Mumbai to Guwahati. But due to dense fog, it couldn't land in Guwahati. Instead, it landed in Dhaka,” officials said earlier today.
The passengers, without their passports, were seated inside the flight at the Dhaka airport. The emergency landing had to be made due to fog around the Guwahati airport, officials said.
What did IndiGo say?
"IndiGo flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati was diverted to Dhaka, Bangladesh due to bad weather in Assam's Guwahati. Due to operational reasons, an alternate set of crew is being arranged to operate the flight from Dhaka to Guwahati. The passengers were kept informed of updates and were served with refreshments on board," IndiGo said.
The incident took place late Friday night, the airline said.
The passengers were kept informed of the updates and were served with refreshments on board, it added.
A passenger on board the Guwahati-bound flight said on a social media platform that the flight was diverted to Dhaka due to "dense fog". All the passengers are inside the plane as they don't have passports, the passenger said of X on Saturday.
"I took IndiGo flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati. But due to dense fog, the flight couldn't land in Guwahati. Instead, it landed in Dhaka," Suraj Singh Thakur, All India Congress Committee delegate and a former state Youth Congress working president said.
"Now all the passengers are in Bangladesh without their passports, we are inside the plane," he said.
