Snag Forces Paris-Bound Air India Flight To Make Emergency Landing at Delhi Airport

Air India's Delhi-Paris flight returned to the bay at Delhi airport today after the aircraft detected a snag (flap issues).

Air India Emergency Landing: In yet another incident of mid-air trouble, an Air India flight with 231 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International airport on Wednesday owing to a “flap issue”. The Paris-bound flight AI 143 took off at 1:28 pm and it made an emergency landing at 2:03 pm.

“Air India’s Delhi-Paris flight returned to the bay at Delhi airport today after the aircraft detected a snag (flap issues). The flight carrying around 231 passengers landed safely at the airport”, said the national carrier in a statement.

Earlier last month, a Dubai bound-Air India flight was diverted to Mumbai airport after the flight experienced a technical glitch. In a statement, the airline said that flight A320 VT-EXV operating AI-951, from Hyderabad to Dubai, landed safely at Mumbai airport following the failure of the yellow hydraulic system. There were 143 passengers onboard when the incident was reported mid-air.

In another incident on January 3, an IndiGo flight returned to the Indira Gandhi International Airport, soon after taking off for Phuket in Thailand due to a technical glitch on Tuesday. According to news agency ANI, IndiGo 6E-1763 was scheduled for Thailand and the pilot took off at 6:41 am, however, the flight returned to the bay at around 7:31 am at Delhi airport after the aircraft reported a technical glitch.