IndiGo flight lands safely in Mumbai after mid-air engine glitch; flight grounded
One of the Pratt and Whitney engines of the aircraft shut down mid-air, officials said.
One of the Pratt and Whitney engines of the aircraft shut down mid-air, officials said.
The passenger was offloaded and was rushed to a nearby hospital for further medical assistance, officials informed, adding, however, that he did not survive.
The Indigo flight took off from the national capital at around 7.40 am and returned at 8.20 am.
However, local media reports stated that the plane subsequently returned to Indian airspace at 8:01 pm.
An Indigo flight 6E-203 from Mumbai flight suffered a tail strike during landing at Nagpur airport.
In July last year, a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight (6e 2126) was reportedly grounded at Patna airport after a passenger claimed that he had a bomb in his bag.
An IndiGo flight from Ahmedabad suffered minor damage when it encountered a hailstorm during its descent towards Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.
A previous communication from the DGCA said the flight was bound for Trivandrum, but the carrier later issued a clarification saying it was flying to Tiruchirappalli.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Saturday directed the officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to look into the matter after an operating flight 6E-2131 (Delhi-Bangalore) experienced a technical issue while on the take-off roll.
“The glide path mechanism of the ILS is not functional due to the runway resurfacing work taking place at one end of the runway. However, no flights were cancelled or diverted since the work is mostly taking place at night when the passenger flight operations have stopped. At present, there is enough visibility of about 2400 meters"
