London-Delhi flight makes emergency landing in city
Before the diversion, the aircraft hovered over Delhi's IGI airport as the pilot made 'Pan Pan' call seeking swift landing permission. Pan Pan is an urgent signal indicating a less severe situation where assistance is needed but there's no immediate danger. The aircraft landed at Lucknow airport around 1.40pm and took off for Delhi at 3.30pm after refueling. tnn
3 more Delhi flights diverted to Lucknow
Three Delhi-bound domestic flights were diverted to Lucknow due to bad weather on Wednesday evening. The flights diverted were Mumbai-Delhi AI2910, Chennai-Delhi AI 2834 and Aurangabad-Delhi 6E5072.
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