On Thursday morning, Indigo and SpiceJet flights made emergency landings at Delhi and Hyderabad airports shortly after takeoff. An Indigo flight going from Delhi to Leh had to return to Delhi airport due to technical fault. A total of 180 people were on board the flight along with the crew members.
Similarly, a SpiceJet flight going from Hyderabad to Tirupati announced its return 10 minutes after takeoff and returned to Hyderabad. A total of 80 people were on board this flight. In such a situation, it can be said that the lives of 260 people traveling in the air have been saved.
Pilot decided to return to Delhi airport due to technical fault
After the Ahmedabad plane crash on June 12, the trend of planes returning to the airports after takeoff is increasing. Many cases of emergency landing have come to light. The latest incident is of Thursday. When an Indigo plane took off from Delhi Airport, this plane was going from Delhi to Leh. But due to technical fault, the pilot decided to return to Delhi airport and the plane was made to make an emergency landing at Delhi airport. There were 180 passengers on this plane.
SpiceJet flight returned to Hyderabad 10 minutes after take off
SpiceJet flight also returned to Hyderabad airport 10 minutes after taking off from Hyderabad to Tirupati. According to the news, there were a total of 80 passengers on this SpiceJet flight. Formal information about whether the plane has returned to Hyderabad after a technical fault or the pilot had to take such a decision due to bad weather has not been revealed yet, but it can be said that there is chaos in the air at this time. After the Ahmedabad plane crash, emergency landing of the plane is being done in difficult conditions from the safety point of view.
On June 18 also, 3 flights of Air India returned shortly after taking off. On the other hand, on June 17, seven flights of Air India were cancelled. According to media reports, about 66 flights were cancelled from June 12 to June 17. Apart from this, many flights have returned after take off, in such a situation it can be said that air travel cannot be considered a better option at this time.
Prakash Kumar Pandey