Air India Flight Makes Emergency Landing at Kolkata Airport After Fuel Leakage, Close Shave For Passengers
A full emergency was declared at Kolkata airport when pilots of the Delhi-bound Air India flight decided to make an emergency landing.
Kolkata, January 6: About 150 people had a close shave when an Air India flight made an emergency landing at Kolkata airport on Saturday evening due to fuel leakage from the right wing. A full emergency was declared at Kolkata airport when the Delhi-bound flight, AI 335 operated on an Airbus A320 (VT-EXV), decided to make the emergency landing.
The flight took off from Bangkok on just after its scheduled time of 9:30 pm for the 4-hour-10-minute flight to Delhi. Soon after entering the Indian airspace, pilots detected the technical problem in the aircraft and decided to land it in Kolkata. After the safe landing, the Air India aircraft was stopped on the taxiway and then was taxied to the terminal.
All passengers were safe. "At around 10:35 pm, due to a suspected technical glitch, Bkk-Del AI335, operated with an A320neo made a precautionary landing at Kolkata airport. Passengers were later flown to Delhi at 2:30 am. Aircraft operated on Kolkata-Mumbai route this morning after thorough checks," the airline said.
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