Bhubaneswar: An Indigo flight (6E 2065), which flew from Bhubaneswar to New Delhi made an emergency landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport after it developed a snag here on Monday. The airport authority declared an emergency at the airport after the flight departed from Bhubaneswar airport. The flight will take off after necessary approval from DGCA. The flight landed safely and no one was injured, said the BPIA director. Soon after taking off from the airport, approximately after about 25 minutes, the snag was noticed, he said.
BPIA Director Prasanna Pradhan said, "After the detection of technical problems mid-air, the Delhi-bound IndiGo flight made the emergency landing at the airport at 8.20 a.m." He further said, "A full-scale emergency was declared, and the aircraft landed safely at the airport. All passengers are safe."
"We suspect that the technical problem was developed due to a bird hit", the official said, adding that the aircraft can again fly only after getting clearances from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Trinath Lenka, a passenger on the flight, said "Shortly after taking off, the pilot informed us about the technical problem and the aircraft made the landing at the Bhubaneswar airport safely."
Earlier in August, passengers on board an Indigo flight from Kochi to Bengaluru were deboarded at the Cochin International Airport in Kochi on August 28 after receiving a call regarding the presence of a bomb in the aircraft. The Passengers were offloaded and the aircraft was moved to an isolation bay for inspection. The threat came through an internet call. Following this, the IndiGo flight was called back. Nedumbassery police confirmed the receipt of the bomb threat.
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