The plane landed on the Chaudhary Charan Singh Worldwide Airport round 5.18 pm.
New Delhi:
An Air India Categorical flight sure for Delhi made an emergency touchdown in Lucknow final night after a midair smoke alarm.
The Airbus 320 was working flight IX1523 from Bagdogra and had 142 passengers and 6 crew members on board. The plane crew detected the smoke alert and diverted to Lucknow, officers stated.
The airline stated the plane landed safely.
“Prioritising security, the crew working one in all our flights to Delhi elected to divert to Lucknow and carried out precedence touchdown following a smoke alert. The plane landed safely,” an Air India Categorical spokesperson stated.
The plane landed on the Chaudhary Charan Singh Worldwide Airport round 5.18 pm.
Upon their arrival, all passengers have been offered refreshments and have been subsequently re-accommodated on different flights to Delhi, added the airline spokesperson.
Experiences counsel the plane was declared “Plane on Floor (AOG)”, indicating that it had been grounded as a result of a fault and requires speedy inspection earlier than it’s declared match to fly once more.
