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Emergency declared at Delhi airport over plane with more than 200 passengers onboard

An IndiGo fight, bound for Bagdogra was forced to make an emergency landing at the Delhi airport

Maroosha Muzaffar
Tuesday 18 April 2023 19:41 BST
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File: An IndiGo Airline passenger aircraft prepares to take-off from the Anna International Airport on the occasion of the International Day of the Air Traffic Controller, in Chennai on 20 October 2022
File: An IndiGo Airline passenger aircraft prepares to take-off from the Anna International Airport on the occasion of the International Day of the Air Traffic Controller, in Chennai on 20 October 2022 (AFP via Getty Images)

A full emergency was declared at the Indira Gandhi International Aiport in Delhi after a plane with 230 passengers onboard suffered a technical failure on Saturday.

An IndiGo fight, bound for Bagdogra in West Bengal, was scheduled to land around 4.10pm but was forced to make an emergency landing at the Delhi airport.

The airline said in a statement that the IndiGo flight 6E 6282 from Delhi to Bagdogra returned to Delhi as a precaution.

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