An IndiGo airways flight heading to Varanasi from Bengaluru become compelled to make an emergency touchdown at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad in Telangana because of a technical trouble on Tuesday morning, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said.
The flight, 6E897, had departed from Bengaluru however become redirected to Shamshabad airport and landed at 6:15am. All 137 passengers on board the flight are showed to be safe, the DGCA said.
A senior respectable has pronounced that the DGCA has released an research into the matter, at the same time as in addition statistics concerning the incident continues to be pending.
The incident comes after a complete emergency touchdown become declared on Saturday after a FedEx flight FX5279 become hit with the aid of using a chicken quickly after its take off. The flight landed adequately and took off again. The Dubai-sure plane become operated with the aid of using FedEx. While chicken-hit incidents are common, numerous passenger flights from Delhi Airport had been diverted withinside the previous couple of days because of terrible climate.
On Thursday ultimate week, almost 22 flights had been diverted from Delhi Airport because of climate conditions.
On March 11, an AIX Connect flight, previously called Air Asia, sure for Lucknow needed to go back to Bengaluru`s Kempegowda International Airport rapidly after takeoff because of a technical problem. The flight i5-2472 become scheduled to journey from Bengaluru to Lucknow however determined to show returned to Bengaluru. The spokesperson showed that the problem become minor, and the airline had organized opportunity transportation for the affected passengers to minimise any inconvenience caused.
In a comparable incident in advance in March, a flight operated with the aid of using Air Asia and sure for Pune needed to make an emergency touchdown at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar after a chicken strike rapidly after takeoff.
