Returning within minutes of take off, a Mumbai-bound Jetlite plane, with over hundred people onboard, landed under emergency conditions at the capital's IGI airport after pilots detected cracks in its wind shield.
Flight S2 4107, carrying 117 passengers, landed safely and the emergency was terminated by 4.55 pm, but it led to delay in arrival and departure of some flights, airport sources said.
The Boeing 737 with 108 passengers and nine crew members took off for Mumbai at 4.18 pm, but within five minutes pilots declared an emergency citing cracks in wind shield, the sources said. The pilots were asked to go for a turn-around and all take-offs and landing was halted at the airport, airport sources said.