Lagatar24 Desk
Patna, Nov.27: A Bengaluru-Patna GoAir flight with 139 passengers and staff members on board made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport on Saturday afternoon due to a technical fault in one of the engines. The plane landed safely at the airport at 11:15 a.m., according to a Nagpur airport official.
A defective engine alert in the cockpit forced the captain to shut down the engine as a precautionary measure, forcing the aircraft from Bengaluru to Patna to be diverted to Nagpur. According to a GoFirst spokesperson, the captain landed safely at Nagpur airport after that. All passengers have been deplaned and refreshments have been served. Passengers will be accommodated on another aircraft, which will depart for Patna at 4:45 p.m. The engineering crew is inspecting the aircraft, he added.
“The pilot of the GoAir flight contacted Nagpur ATC to inform that one of the engines of the plane is facing a problem, and made a request for emergency landing at Nagpur airport,” said director of the airport, Abid Ruhi.
“We made all requisite arrangements by declaring it as a full-scale emergency, which includes making available runways, fire tenders, doctors, ambulances and requires coordination with the police. Fortunately, the flight made a safe landing,” Ruhi said. The passengers are waiting at the GoAir terminal and further arrangements are being done for them, he said.
