NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from Bhopal to New Delhi carrying 140 on board had an emergency landing at Jaipur on Sunday morning due to an issue with one of its engines. It landed safely at Jaipur and the flight has been grounded.An emergency was declared for half an hour at the airport.
Flight AI I186 took off from Bhopal Raja Bhoj airport at 8.26 am, according to flight tracking platform, FlightStats. It landed safely at Jaipur airport around 9.40 am and all passengers have disembarked.
A source at Jaipur airport said, "One of the pilots contacted our Air Traffic Control with the request for an emergency landing due to some issue on board. We made arrangements accordingly. An emergency was declared at our airport from 9.10 am. Security personnel, ambulance and fire fighting vehicles were kept on standby at the airport. The plane landed smoothly on the runway."
It is reliably understood that there may have been an engine-related issue on board prompting the cockpit crew to decide to go in for an emergency landing.
Air India"s statement is awaited.
A few domestic flights have reported issues when midair in the last one week.
