An Indigo flight from Kolkata to Srinagar, carrying 166 passengers and crew members, made an emergency landing in Varanasi’s Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport due to a fuel leak on Wednesday. All
passengers on board were safely evacuated from IndiGo Flight 6E-6961.
Airport authorities are actively investigating the incident, and the situation is now under control, Varanasi police told news agency IANS. Normal operations have resumed after the emergency landing.
The aircraft touched down safely at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport at 4:10 pm, and all passengers were evacuated towards the arrival hall. The technical team began checking for necessary repairs, after which the aircraft would be cleared for departure.
This happened days after a Srinagar-bound IndiGo flight was halted moments before takeoff after a technical glitch was reported at the Jammu airport. As per preliminary information, IndiGo flight 6E-6962, which was ready to depart from Jammu to Srinagar, was halted on the runway just seconds before takeoff following reports of fuel leakage over the engine.
Earlier today, an Air India flight from Mumbai to Newark made a precautionary return to Mumbai after the crew suspected a technical issue mid-air. The aircraft landed safely, and necessary inspections are currently underway to ensure its airworthiness.
As a result, AI191 and its return leg, AI144 from Newark to Mumbai, were cancelled. Air India confirmed that all affected passengers at Mumbai have been provided with hotel accommodations and have been rebooked on alternative Air India or other airline flights to their destinations.
Last week, a passenger’s power bank caught fire on board a Dimapur-bound IndiGo aircraft while taxiing at the Delhi airport, which was extinguished by the cabin crew.
According to information available on flight tracking website Flightradar24.com, the flight AI2107, operated with an Airbus A320 neo aircraft, took off from the Delhi airport at 14:33 hours and landed at Dimapur (Nagaland) at 16:45 hours. The flight was scheduled to take off from the Delhi airport at 12:25 hours.
