An emergency landing of an Indigo Airlines plane was made at Varanasi Airport on Wednesday evening. The plane’s fuel started leaking. At that time the plane was flying at an altitude of about 36000 feet.
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As soon as the pilot entered Varanasi border, he gave a mayday message to ATC (Air Traffic Control) and then asked for landing.
The pilot told ATC that there was a technical fault in the plane and due to fuel leaking, the engine was giving red signal. After this, ATC hurriedly checked flight number 6E-6961 and cleared the runway in the next 4 minutes.
After this the pilot landed the plane safely on the runway. All the passengers were safely evacuated from the plane by sending the emergency team. There were 166 passengers on board the plane.
An emergency landing of an Indigo Airlines plane was made at Varanasi Airport on Wednesday evening.
All passengers will be sent by some other aircraft It was told by the airlines that the plane has been landed at Varanasi airport due to some technical fault. Arrangements are being made by Indigo to send the passengers to Srinagar by some other flight.
The flight was going from Kolkata to Srinagar Indigo Airlines flight number 6E-6961, going from Kolkata to Srinagar, had to make an emergency landing at Varanasi airport after fuel leakage was reported on Wednesday evening. As soon as the pilot got information about the situation, he contacted Air Traffic Control (ATC) Varanasi and asked for permission to land.
A total of 166 passengers on board the plane are completely safe As soon as permission was granted, the plane landed safely on the runway at 4:10 pm. The passengers were evacuated from the plane after the emergency landing. The aircraft was kept standing on the apron (parking area) for about two hours for safety checks and repairs. A total of 166 passengers on board the plane are completely safe. All the passengers have been seated in the arrival hall while the technical team is busy inspecting and repairing the aircraft.
A total of 166 passengers on board the plane are completely safe. All the passengers have been seated in the arrival hall.
Fuel leak investigation started A second plane has been ordered from Indigo, through which everyone will be sent. Investigation into fuel leak in the plane has started. Indigo’s technical team and other agencies have joined forces with the airport authority. Now this aircraft will fly only after testing and OK from the technical team.
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