KOLKATA: Full emergency was declared at the Kolkata airport on Friday after a Guwahati bound Alliance Air flight from Kolkata returned back eight minutes since its departure after the pilot complained of some technical problem at the aircraft.
Airport officials said the flight 9I733 took off for Guwahati at 10.28am with 16 passengers and while airborne, the pilot faced some technical problem and alerted the Kolkata ATC .
“Alliance Air flight 9I 733 from CCU-GAU, airborne from Kolkata at 10.28 am, but due to some technical problem, aircraft returned back to Kolkata at 10.36am safely,” a statement sent by the airport authorities read.
Owing to the pilot’s alert message, full emergency was declared. Once the flight touched down, the aircraft was inspected by officials and upon coming across the trouble, the passengers were deboarded off the flight in a hurry and the full emergency was terminated.
