AI flight makes emergency landing

Mumbai: An Air India flight to Kolkata had to turn back mid-air and return to Mumbai on Saturday evening to make an emergency landing after one of its engines failed.
No one was injured as the landing procedure was completed without a hitch though a full emergency was declared when Mumbai-Kolkata flight IC 274 landed.
Several fire-tenders followed the aircraft till the parking bay to ensure safety and all 94 passengers on board were shifted to another aircraft soon after.
Despite the emergency landing, officials said people aboard the aircraft were never in danger.
Airport officials told TOI that the aircraft took off from Mumbai around 7.08 pm and sounded an emergency after it travelling 270 km east of Mumbai. "The aircraft was near Aurangabad when the commander alerted the traffic controller about an engine failure. He requested to return immediately,'' an airport official said. "It landed almost an hour after it took off,'' he added. The aircraft, an A-320, landed at 8.13 pm.
12/07//09 Chinmayi Shalya/Times of India

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