Burning smell in cabin: Air India flight makes emergency landing in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight enroute to Chennai from Mumbai made an emergency landing on Friday due to the burning smell in the cockpit.
According to Air India, the flight landed safely back in Mumbai and an aircraft change was initiated.
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"The flight landed safely back in Mumbai, and an aircraft change was initiated," Air India spokesperson said.
"Our ground colleagues in Mumbai provided all necessary support to passengers to minimise the inconvenience caused by this unforeseen disruption," they added.
Earlier, Air India Express (a subsidiary of Air India) flight IX2564, operating from Delhi to Jammu, was forced to return to its point of origin after a technical issue was detected mid-flight.
The flight, operated by an Airbus A320 aircraft, had a scheduled departure time of 10:40 AM but took off at 11:04 AM. It was expected to arrive in Jammu at 12:05 PM. However, the aircraft was diverted back to Delhi, as per Flightradar24.
Confirming the development, an Air India Express spokesperson said, 'An alternative aircraft was arranged to operate our Delhi-Jammu flight after the original aircraft returned to Delhi due to a technical issue.
We regret the inconvenience caused.'
This comes days after the crash of the London-bound Air India-171 flight in Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 241 out of 242 passengers and crew members on board.
Mid-air scare: Chennai bound Air India flight makes emergency landing; burning smell in the cockpit
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