Sharjah-Hyderabad IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Pakistan, aircraft suffers technical snag

A IndiGo Sharjah-Hyderabad flight was diverted to Pakistan's Karachi after the pilot reported technical snag in the aircraft, reports ANI.

IndiGo flight at Karachi Airport

In yet another aviation incident, an IndiGo Sharjah-Hyderabad flight was diverted to Pakistan's Karachi after the pilot detected a technical snag in the aircraft. As per officials of aviation regulator DGCA, pilots observed defect in one of the engines and as a precaution, the flight was diverted to Karachi. The flight 6E-1406, operating flew from Sharjah in the UAE and was bound for Hyderabad, but was diverted to Karachi. IndiGo said necessary procedures were followed as a precaution, as the Indian aviation industry reports second incident of an Indian airline to make a landing in Karachi in 2 weeks. 

"IndiGo flight 6E-1406, operating from Sharjah to Hyderabad was diverted to Karachi. The pilot observed a technical defect. Necessary procedures were followed as a precaution, the aircraft was diverted to Karachi," IndiGo said in a statement. Last year, an IndiGo flight going from Sharjah to Luckow also had to make an emergency landing at the Karachi airport after a passenger fell ill mid-air and later expired.

After the pilot of the Sharjah-Hyderabad flight observed a technical defect in the aircraft, as a precaution the aircraft was diverted to Karachi, Pakistan. An additional flight is being sent to Karachi to fly the passengers to Hyderabad: IndiGo airlines — ANI (@ANI) July 17, 2022

An official of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) confirmed that an IndiGo flight has landed at the Karachi airport. "All the passengers have been taken care off properly and provided refreshments after they were moved to the transit lounge," he said.

The PCAA official said the engineering crew had found faults in the engine number two of the IndiGo plane. "The plane was not cleared for flight so the Indian carrier has sent an alternate aircraft," he said. The passengers will soon leave for Hyderabad, the PCAA official noted.

Recently, an IndiGo flight flying from Delhi to Vadodara was diverted to make a landing in Jaipur, Rajasthan as a precautionary measure. Based on the reports the flight had vibrations in the engine. In the recent past, there have been multiple incidents of technical problems in flights from various airlines leading to emergency or diverted landings.

IndiGo's competitor SpiceJet is under regulatory scanner right now. On July 6, the DGCA issued a show-cause notice to SpiceJet following at least eight incidents of technical malfunction in its aircraft since June 19. The aviation regulator said SpiceJet had "failed" to establish safe, efficient and reliable air services, and gave it three weeks to send a response to the notice.

With agencies inputs