NEW DELHI: A Paris-bound Air India flight on Wednesday, January 4, returned to Delhi, where the flight made an emergency landing, after suffering a technical snag, officials announced.
"Air India's Delhi-Paris flight AI 143, carrying as many as 210 passengers, took off from the Indira Gandhi International Airport at 1.28 pm. and was in the air for about 35 minutes when a full emergency was declared. It returned to Delhi safely at 2.25 pm" the official statement read.
"On 04.02.2023, Air India B787-800 aircraft VT-and operating flight AI143 (Delhi-Paris) was involved in Air turnback due to Slats Drive snag message.", Aviation regulator DGCA said
Earlier on Tuesday, an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Phuket returned to Delhi due to a technical snag shortly after takeoff. As per the latest information by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, total 2,613 technical snag-related incidents have been reported by various airlines in the country in the last 5 years. As per the data, Indigo topped the list with 885 such incidents while Spicejet and Vistara reported 691 and 444 technical snag related occurrences, respectively, between 2018 and 2022.
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