No injuries were reported following the incident and nothing was found on the plane, according to CBS. The investigation is ongoing.
A Hyderabad-bound Indigo flight that departed from Kolkata made an emergency landing at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar following a medical emergency.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated a 3-km-long emergency landing strip on National Highway 925 for the IAF aircraft.
This project will improve connectivity between villages of Barmer and Jalore districts located on the international border, a statement said.
The parts of the 12 national highways that will be used as airstrips are being identified and prepared by the IAF.
The Boeing aircraft with 126 passengers on board landed at 11.40 am, the official said. The pilot was admitted to a local hospital, he added.
The plane had no passengers, due to the COVID-19 restrictions on international travel to certain destinations and was only carrying cargo and a crew of eight.
A Dhruv helicopter of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing at a forward helipad in eastern Ladakh, sources told news agency PTI.
A two-seater training aircraft made an emergency landing on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura on Thursday, with two people onboard. According to officials, the vehicle had developed a technical snag following which the incident occurred.
The aircraft with a patient, medical team and two crew members landed safely at Mumbai airport.
Following a fire warning in the Cargo compartment, an Air India Express flight made an emergency landing at Kozhikode in Kerala on Friday.
A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport, after a 65-year-old passenger complained of health issues, although he died by the time he was taken to a hospital, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday, they said.
The passenger, who name was not revealed began to act up soon after take-off, quarrelling with other passengers, assaulting a flight attendant and pummeling the cockpit’s door.
A Surat-Kolkata IndiGo airlines flight with 172 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Bhopal airport on Sunday due to some technical issue.
Air India's Kolkata-Hyderabad flight with CJI SA Bobde onboard made an emergency landing on Wednesday, soon after take-off and declared full emergency due to technical reasons.
GoAir Riyadh-Delhi flight diverted to Karachi airport due to a medical emergency onboard (passenger reported unwell). The flight landed safely at Karachi airport.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Manoj Tiwari's helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing at Patna airport on Thursday after it lost communication with the Air Traffic Control (ATC).
An ALH Dhruv helicopter of the Indian Air Force on routine training sortie carried out a precautionary landing in the rural areas of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh
An Indian Air Force (IAF) Cheetah helicopter made precautionary landing at KGP highway in Sonepat district of Haryana on June 26.
An Indian Air Force helicopter on Friday made an emergency landing on a highway in Sonipat, Haryana. The emergency landing was made due to a technical problem which aroused in the IAF chopper. The helicopter was carrying 4 jawans and a pilot. The incident took place at around 10 am earlier today.
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