Singapore-bound flight from Chennai returns due to mid-air technical snag

An Air India flight bound for Singapore from Chennai on Friday returned to the airport due to a technical snag mid-air. Third incident in a week of Air India flights making emergency landings due to technical issues.

In Short

• Singapore-bound Air India flight returns to Chennai airport
• Pilots discovered technical issue mid air, request for redirect
• All 170 passengers on flight safe, engineers working on issue

An Air India flight bound for Singapore from Chennai on Friday returned to the airport due to a technical snag mid-air, officials at the airport stated.

The pilots, upon detecting the technical issue, contacted the airport to request that the flight be redirected back to the city airport. There were 170 passengers on the flight, which made a safe landing, the officials said.

Last known, engineers were attending to the issue and the flight was expected to resume its journey shortly. Air India authorities were not immediately available to comment on the development.

This is the third Air India flight that developed a mid-air issue in the past week. On Sunday (January 5), an Delhi-bound Air India flight from Bengaluru returned to Kempegowda International after one of its engines shut down mid air.

On January 3, an Air India Express flight from Dubai made a precautionary landing at Kerala’s Karipur airport after its pilot suspected a failure in the hydraulic system.