A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight was forced to return to Mumbai on Thursday evening, following a suspected engine failure.
Confirming the development, a statement put out by IndiGo Airline stated: “IndiGo flight 6E-395 enroute Mumbai-Kolkata had to return to Mumbai on thursday due to a technical glitch (oil chip in one engine) in the aircraft”. The flight returned to Mumbai airport at around 5.45 pm.
All passengers were safely de-boarded. later, the flight took off with an alternate aircraft at 1945 hours involving a delay of 1 hour 50 minutes.
The airline said that following the detection of “technical glitch” in the engine, “all operating procedures were diligently followed by the cockpit and in-flight crew”.
IndiGo has reported this incident to DGCA and has also initiated an internal enquiry on the incident,” the airline’s statement said.
“At IndiGo, safety of the passengers, crew and the aircraft is of utmost importance at no time is it compromised. We regret the inconvenience caused to our passengers,” the statement added.