A Vistara flight from Delhi to Mumbai had to return just minutes after take-off due to a technical snag, officials on Monday said.
The aircraft B737-8, which took off at around 2.40pm, returned to Delhi due to what the airline later described as a “minor technical snag”.
According to flightradar24, an app to track live aircraft movements, the flight was overflying Uttar Pradesh when it turned back and landed in Delhi within 40 minutes of take-off.
According to the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the aircraft VT-TGB while operating flight UK 951 (Delhi-Mumbai) was involved in air turn back as whistling sound was heard from the right side of the engine in the cockpit.
