Chennai:
A technical glitch that forced Air India flight bound for Delhi carrying 131 passengers and six crew to return to airport 21 minutes after take-off.
Air Traffic Management general manager Pradeep Kandoth and Airport Director G Chandramouli told Express that there was no report of bird hit and the flight was forced to land after take-off due to technical glitch in one of the engines.
“It was one of the engines that failed forcing the aircraft to land in Chennai within a span of 20 minutes. The pilot did not mention of bird-hit,” the officials said.
An Air India spokesman told Express that as soon as the flight took off around 06.47am, the pilot noticed technical glitch in the aircraft and informed air traffic control that one of the engines being affected.
The flight was immediately grounded at 07.08am, said the AI spokesman from New Delhi.
The stranded passengers were later transferred to two Air India aircraft that took off at 10.20am and 10.50am and an Indigo aircraft. The stranded aircraft was operated after 4pm, the Air India spokesman said
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