New Delhi: Passengers of a Kolkata-Delhi GoAir flight had a miraculous escape when the aircraft was hit by lightning, causing the windshield to crack and forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Saturday.
The flight, G8 102, with 180 passengers on board apart from cabin crew, had taken off from Kolkata and was about half an hour away from Delhi when it was struck by lightning while manoeuvring through inclement weather.
The windshield of the aircraft developed a crack and the pilot then sought permission from the Delhi Air Traffic Control (ATC) to make an emergency landing.
11/07/16 Sidhartha Roy/The Hindu
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The flight, G8 102, with 180 passengers on board apart from cabin crew, had taken off from Kolkata and was about half an hour away from Delhi when it was struck by lightning while manoeuvring through inclement weather.
The windshield of the aircraft developed a crack and the pilot then sought permission from the Delhi Air Traffic Control (ATC) to make an emergency landing.
11/07/16 Sidhartha Roy/The Hindu
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