UDAIPUR- Tata-owned Indian FSC, Air India (AI) flight from Maharana Partap Airport in Udaipur (UDR) to Delhi (DEL) made an emergency landing back at UDR.
On July 17, the Air India flight AI470 was involved in a phone battery explosion at the time of takeoff from UDR. Following this, the flight crew turned back and landed safely.
Air India Makes Emergency Landing
According to our limited information, there were around 140 passengers onboard the flight. Upon landing, a few passengers refused to take flight again.
The technical team, ground personnel, and maintenance personnel checked the aircraft. After finding no issues with the aircraft, the flight took off again.
The incident led to a delay of one hour in taking off, and the flight landed safely at Delhi Airport (DEL). Further, Air India daily operates flight between UDR and DEL, and this is one of the rarest incidents for the airline.
Air India Airbus A320 operates the flight, registered as VT-EDC. Further, it is a 13.5-year-old aircraft; Airbus delivered it to AI back in Feb 2010, as reported by Planespotters.net.
We will keep you posted, so keep check-in back for the latest updates. Subsequently, all passengers are reported to be safe, and no damage was caused to the aircraft and crew.
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