Indore (Madhya Pradesh): IndiGo flight 6E-7295, operating on the Raipur-Indore route, made an emergency landing at Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport on Tuesday morning after a mid-air technical fault was detected.
It is said, that immediately after takeoff, the plane started showing signs of a false alarm.
The news caused panic among passengers, however, the flight landed safely.
IndiGo also cancelled the flight and issued full refunds to all passengers. After the incident, airline engineers began an investigation of the aircraft to identify the cause of the fault.
IndiGo's Indore-Raipur flight took off at 6:30 am on Tuesday, but a technical fault occurred half-an-hour later.
The plane had covered more than half the journey, but instead of taking the risk, the pilot decided to make an emergency landing at Indore Airport. After some time, the pilot announced to the passengers that the flight would be brought back to Indore.
The plane landed in Indore at 7:15 am. The passengers on board were very nervous after hearing about the technical fault in the flight. Finally, the airline cancelled the flight. The money for the passengers' tickets was also returned. After this, the engineers started a technical investigation of the plane. After the Ahmedabad accident, the airlines are more alert about the technical faults in the planes.
