NEW DELHI: IndiGo’s Delhi- Dibrugarh (Assam) flight on Wednesday made an emergency landing at Kolkata airport, after the aircraft developed technical snag while in air.
IndiGo said it has reported the incident to the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and is also conducting an internal enquiry in this regard.
According IndiGo’s press statement, “IndiGo's Captain-in-Command operating Delhi-Dibrugarh flight 6E-3645, decided to divert aircraft to Kolkata due to a technical snag as a precautionary measure. Despite that cockpit crew did not declare any emergency, ATC (Air Traffic Control) declared a full emergency on its own. The aircraft landed safely.”
The IndiGo’s incident comes a month after a row had erupted over the Indigo Patna-Kolkata flight carrying West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee on December 1 last year, where the Trinamool Congress alleged that the aircraft was not accorded priority in landing despite reporting low fuel.