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IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Kolkata airport after engine failure

Flight 6E0573 from Kolkata to Bangalore, which became airborne at 10.36 pm on Friday, made an emergency landing at 10.53 pm
Both the runways at the NSCBI airport were handed over to Air Traffic Control to make those available for the plane to land back safely.

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Kolkata, August 31

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A Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight had to make an emergency landing at the Kolkata airport minutes after take-off on Friday night due to an engine failure, a senior official said.

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Flight 6E0573 from Kolkata to Bangalore, which became airborne at 10.36 pm on Friday, made an emergency landing at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport at 10.53 pm after failure of its left engine, he said.

However, no fire or spark was reported, the Airports Authority of India spokesperson said on Saturday.

The full emergency declared at 10.39 pm was withdrawn at 11.08 pm, he said.

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Both the runways at the NSCBI airport were handed over to Air Traffic Control to make those available for the plane to land back safely, the spokesperson said.

“It was learnt that the left side engine of the aircraft failed after take-off as a result of which it had to come back to Kolkata,” he said.

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