A Kolkata-bound Air India (AI) flight from Bengaluru made an emergency landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here on Saturdaymorning due to a technical snag. All the 152 passengers on board were safe.
The AI-772 Bengaluru-Kolkata flight developed some technical snag within an hour of taking off from Bengaluru. The pilot informed the air traffic control at Bhubaneswar which allowed the flight to make an emergency landing in Bhubaneswar.
Sources said the flight resumed its journey for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata at around 3.15 pm.