A Dubai-bound IndiGo flight from Surat was diverted to Ahmedabad after a technical glitch on Thursday.
As per PTI, an airport official said the flight took off from Surat at 9:30 am and, after being diverted, it landed at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 11 am.
The official further added that IndiGo has arranged another flight for the passengers.
“Due to some technical issues mid-air, the Surat-Dubai IndiGo flight was diverted to Ahmedabad. It safely landed at the airport at around 11.40 am with nearly 150 passengers. It was not an emergency landing,” PTI quoted the official of the SVPI airport as saying.
On August 24, An Alliance Air flight from Telangana’s Hyderabad to Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati was cancelled after the aircraft developed repeated technical issues, the airline said in a statement.
According to the airline, the flight initially returned to the bay for mandatory engineering checks following a technical glitch and was subsequently cleared for operation. However, the aircraft developed another snag, and its rectification took longer than expected.
“Due to a technical glitch, the flight initially returned to the bay for mandatory engineering checks and was subsequently cleared to operate from Hyderabad to Tirupati. However, the aircraft again developed another snag for which rectification took a little longer time than expected. Due to this and in order to avoid further disruption of flights, this sector had to be cancelled,” Alliance Air said.
