Emergency landing: Delhi-bound Indigo flight makes emergency landing at Patna airport

Patna, August 4: An Indigo flight heading to Delhi was forced to make an emergency landing at Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport in Patna, Bihar, on Thursday, following a technical issue, according to officials.

Airport officials said IndiGo flight- 6E 2433 bound for Delhi made an emergency landing at the Patna airport at 9:11 am after reporting an inoperative engine.  "Indigo flight 6E 2433 to Delhi, three minutes after departure from the Patna airport reported one engine inoperative. The aircraft landed safely at 0911 hours. All operations are normal at the airport," the airport director said. 

Earlier in July, Air India's Delhi-Paris flight returned to originating airport at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport shortly after take-off following the Delhi air traffic controllers informed the flight crew about suspected tyre debris sighted on the runway after its departure. 

The flight safely landed back in Delhi at 2.18 pm, an Air India spokesperson had said.