A major crisis was averted for passengers aboard Indigo Airlines coming from Mumbai to Indore on Wednesday afternoon. According to reports, the Indore-bound Indigo Airlines plane (6E-496) carrying 181 passengers on board, was supposed to land at Indore airport at 12 noon on Wednesday and from here it was supposed to take off for Hyderabad at 12.30 pm en route to Pune.
However, 10 minutes before the flight could have landed at Indore airport, the pilot of the plane noticed smoke bellowing out from cargo section of the plane.
The pilot immediately informed about the matter to Air Traffic Control at Indore airport seeking permission for an emergency landing. ATC Indore realising seriousness of the matter, gave its approval for an emergency landing and issued an emergency alert.
Within minutes fire brigade, emergency response team, rescue team, ambulance as well as police jawans reached the airport and arranged safe landing of Indigo Airlines plane at around 12.01 pm. The panicky passengers who had to go to Hyderabad and Pune were sent to their respective destinations by Jet Airways plane.