Air India flight makes emergency landing at Mangaluru airport

The official said the airline's engineers were looking into the issue and that the passengers would be flown to their onward destinations later tonight or tomorrow.
Air India File Photo for representational purposes. | PTI
Air India File Photo for representational purposes. | PTI

MANGALURU: A Kochi-bound Air India flight from Mumbai with 58 passengers and crew on board made an emergency landing at the airport here today due to a technical snag.

"The Air India flight coming from Mumbai and heading towards Kochi made an emergency landing at 7.50 PM at Mangaluru airport due to a technical snag," an airport official said.

He, however, declined to give details of the nature of the snag.

The official said the airline's engineers were looking into the issue and that the passengers would be flown to their onward destinations later tonight or tomorrow, depending on the time taken to rectify the problem.

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