A Kozhikode-bound Air India Express flight with 184 passengers on board was forced to return to Abu Dhabi due to engine failure on Friday, an official of India’s aviation regulator said.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official said the B737-800 plane was involved in an air turnback, which refers to a situation where an aircraft is forced to land at the departure airport, due to a flameout in its engine number one while it was flying 1000 feet above the ground.
Flameout means the run-down of an engine due to flame extinction in its combustor due to causes such as low ambient temperatures.
