Varanasi: A passenger on board an IndiGo flight was booked for attempting to open the aircraft’s emergency exit door just before landing at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi, prompting the pilot to abort the landing and take the aircraft back into the air, officials said. The flight landed safely a few minutes later. … Read more
A full emergency was declared on a runway of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Delhi, after an IndiGo flight from Visakhapatnam (6E 579) reported a suspected engine failure on Saturday. Runway 28 of the airport was placed on high alert, as airport authorities immediately activated emergency protocols. However, the Visakhapatnam-Delhi flight, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft … Read more
Canadian influencer Caleb Friesen, who has been living in India for more than eight years, recently shared an in-flight experience that left him surprised. In a video posted on X, Friesen recounted a moment he said he had never witnessed before on an Indian flight. Friesen said the moment made him feel that India may … Read more
An IndiGo flight heading to Delhi from Raipur experienced scary turbulence due to dust storms, prompting the pilot to abort landing at the last minute on Sunday evening. File photo of an Indigo aircraft seen flying in New Delhi on Monday. (Rahul Singh/ANI) The flight – 6E 6313 – from Raipur to Delhi landed safely … Read more
India’s aviation regulator grounded two pilots who operated an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Srinagar on Wednesday evening after it flew through severe hailstorm, officials said on Friday as new details emerged of their interaction with traffic controllers in Lahore and Srinagar amid what was a narrow escape for the 227 people on board. Post … Read more
An IndiGo flight en route from Delhi to Srinagar experienced severe weather turbulence mid-air on Tuesday evening, prompting the pilot to declare an emergency with Air Traffic Control (ATC). Flight 6E2142 encountered a hailstorm while approaching Srinagar. The incident caused visible damage to the aircraft’s nose cone, but the crew managed to safely land the … Read more