Bengaluru-bound Indigo flight suffers technical snag, returns to Mumbai

A Mumbai-Bengaluru IndiGo A320Neo flight was forced to return to Mumbai after the aircraft suffered an engine problem soon after take-off on Thursday morning. The aircraft is currently under inspections at Mumbai.

Mumbai: An IndiGo NEO A320 aircraft which took off from Mumbai on Thursday morning for Bengaluru returned while mid-air after pilot observed caution message.

"An IndiGo NEO A320 aircraft was operating Mumbai- Bengaluru this morning. During the flight, the pilot observed a caution message. Standard operating procedures were followed and the aircraft was returned to Mumbai as a precaution," an official release said.

The aircraft is currently under inspections at Mumbai.

This is the second incident being reported by the IndiGo in a week.

On December 3, IndiGo had informed that an airbus A320 P & W fitted Neo aircraft, which was heading from Chennai to Hyderabad, suffered engine problems on December 2 and was withdrawn from service for necessary maintenance.