Jaipur Dehradun flight engine fails at height of 18 thousand feet, emergency landing

Jaipur News Desk: Wednesday was a troublesome day for air passengers at Jaipur Airport. This is because on one hand the mid air engine of the flight to Dehradun failed. At the same time, the flight coming from Ahmedabad to Jaipur also remained canceled due to technical fault. Similarly, the flight going from Jaipur to Lucknow also had a technical glitch before take-off, due to which the flight was delayed by 6 hours. According to the information received from the airport, Indigo Airlines flight 6E-7468 going from Jaipur to Dehradun was the first to take off. An engine failed at 18 thousand feet in the sky. In such a situation, 70 passengers sitting in the flight got scared. However, after about 30 minutes the flight made a safe landing at Delhi airport.

Ahmedabad flight canceled due to technical glitch, Bengaluru-Lucknow flight diverted to Jaipur

Illustration: Sanjay Dimri

Actually, the Indigo Airlines flight was supposed to take off from Jaipur Airport for Dehradun at 5:55 pm, but due to technical reasons, it was delayed by 40 minutes at 6:35, but after about 25 minutes, the plane’s engine malfunctioned. Went. The pilot immediately informed the air traffic control of the nearest airport Delhi and sought permission for emergency landing of the flight. A safe landing was made at Delhi airport at around 8:10 pm. During this time, the passenger was breathing heavily and was later sent to Dehradun by another flight.

Technical glitch in flight, departure delayed by 6 hours

On the other hand, Indigo flight number 6E-7319 going from Jaipur to Lucknow was to leave from Jaipur for Lucknow at 5:30 am, but before take off, the pilot detected a technical fault in the plane. In such a situation, the flight left with a delay of 6 hours at around 12 noon. Similarly, Ahmedabad flight 6E-7217 remained cancelled. Actually, the flight departs from Jaipur to Ahmedabad at 8:35 am. It was initially rescheduled for 9:25 am, but due to technical fault in the aircraft coming from there, it was later canceled from both sides. At the same time, due to lack of visibility at Lucknow airport, Indigo flight 6E-6353 going from Bengaluru to Lucknow was diverted to Jaipur.

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