IndiGo Flight With 51 Passengers Returns Safely To Indore Shortly After Takeoff Due To Technical Fault

Indore: An IndiGo Indore-Raipur flight with 51 passengers on board returned to the airport here shortly after takeoff on Tuesday due to a technical fault, an official said.

The pilot realised the technical fault in the IndiGo Airlines flight number 6E-7295 after the plane had taken off from Indore and covered a distance of about 60 nautical miles, Indore's Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport director Vipinkant Seth told PTI.

The plane took off from the Indore airport around 6.35 am on Tuesday, and a few minutes later, the pilot informed the Air Traffic Control (ATC), following which it returned due to technical reasons, he said.

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The plane did not make an "emergency landing", the airport director claimed, without giving details of the technical fault.

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There were 51 passengers on board the plane, he said.

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