IndiGo flight makes safe emergency landing at Bhopal airport

    Bhopal, Jan 17 (PTI) An IndiGo Airlines flight going
to Kolkata from Surat with 172 passengers on board made an
emergency landing at Bhopal's Raja Bhoj Airport on Sunday due
to a technical glitch, said an official.
    Raja Bhoj Airport Director Anil Vikram told PTI that
the flight made an emergency landing just after 12 noon.
    "The IndiGo Airlines flight from Surat to Kolkata
carrying 172 passengers made an emergency landing at 12.04 pm
on Sunday. The landing was safe. The pilot informed the ATC
(Air Traffic Controller) about the technical glitch and made
an emergency landing safely," he said.
    Of the 172 passengers, 19 have to go further to
Guwahati and Amritsar from Kolkata, and these passengers were
sent to Bengaluru by flight to help them get connecting
flights to their destinations, he said.
    "For the remaining passengers, a plane is coming from
Nagpur, which will take them further to Kolkata," the airport
director said. PTI ADU BNM
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