IndiGo flight with 175 passengers onboard develops technical snag mid-air due to bird hit

A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight with 175 passengers returned to Patna on Wednesday after takeoff as the engine developed a technical slag due to a bird hit.

On Tuesday, a similar incident took place when an IndiGo Indore-Raipur flight with 51 passengers on board also returned to the airport shortly after takeoff due to a technical fault.

The pilot realised the technical fault in the IndiGo Airlines flight number 6E-7295 after the plane had taken off from Indore and covered a distance of about 60 nautical miles, Indore's Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport director Vipinkant Seth told PTI.

The plane took off from the Indore airport around 6.35 am on Tuesday, and a few minutes later, the pilot informed the Air Traffic Control (ATC), following which it returned due to technical reasons, he said.

The plane did not make an "emergency landing", the airport director claimed, without giving details of the technical fault.

There were 51 passengers on board the plane, he said.