AI plane makes emergency landing at Kochi airport

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 11:03

Tags: Air India, Emergency landing, Kochi airport

Kochi: An Air India plane, with 49 on board, landed under emergency conditions at the airport here on Tuesday soon after take-off after the pilot noticed some technical problem in one of the engines.

The Kochi-Bangalore-Chennai A-320 IC 509 flight with 42 passengers and seven crew had taken off for Bangalore at 07:00 hours from Nedumbassery Airport, but returned within 30 minutes after the problem was noticed, airport sources said.

Fire services personnel and ambulances were called at the airport to meet any eventuality, the sources said.

Technicians from Chennai are trying to rectify the fault.

Twelve passengers were put on a Kingfisher flight to Bangalore and the rest would be accommodated in the JetLite flight to Hyderabad and Chennai, airline sources said.

PTI

First Published: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 11:03

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KVRaman - Malad(W) Mumbai 400064
it is autrocious that such frequent technical snags have to occur and an aircraft has to make emergency landings. the authorities don not seem to realize the inconvenience caused to the passengers and the risk to life involved.what is the civil aviation a silent spectator to such technical snags to an aircraft?

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krish - UAE
lack of commitment by the highly paid staff in india has spread to aviation industry as well. with the frequent near misses and incident one will be afraid of flying in air india any more.looks like this is what the air india staff and the government want since there is no credible action being taken to bring up the confidence among public.

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Asif Jamil - Saudi Arabia
it is very depressing to know that inspite of the safety measures taken, our people are not qualified enough to rectify the problems and so many similar incidents are taking place day by day and it has become unsafe to travle by air as always there is a fear of failure.