Lucknow: An Indigo flight to Mumbai was called off on Friday evening after the airline authorities observed a crack in the glass of aircraft's cockpit. The aircraft was grounded and authorities called another flight from Mumbai to ferry the passengers.
According to reports, the Indigo flight, 6E-342 was to fly to Mumbai with 180 passengers on board at around 4.15 pm.
The flight had arrived at Amausi airport at around 3.00 pm.
However, authorities detected a crack in the outer layer of the three layered cockpit glass and called off the flight.
Airport authorities said that the crack developed probably because of the temperature difference.
"At times, there is sudden change in temperature while landing. The temperature happens to be in negative at high altitude. And, it begins to rise as the aircraft descends," said an AAI official.
17/03/12 Times of India
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