Jetlite flight makes emergency landing; Kiran Bedi among passengers

Nagpur: A Ranchi-Mumbai Jetlite flight with 125-odd passengers including team Anna member Kiran Bedi aboard made an emergency landing at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport here within 45 minutes of its take-off due to a technical snag this morning.
After take-off at 9.45 am, on the way to Mumbai, the aircraft developed a technical snag in the engine, which forced the pilot to make an emergency landing at Nagpur airport, sources said.
Airport officials stated that all the passengers were safe. Jetlite said that the passengers were deplaned safely and were taken to Mumbai by another flight at 11.30 am.
13/11/11 PTI/Times of India

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