Goa-Delhi IndiGo flight returns after technical issue mid-air

Panaji: An IndiGoNSE -0.51 % flight to Delhi had to return to the Goa airport and make an emergency landing after its engine developed “some technical issues” mid-air, the airline said on Monday.

Goa Power Minister Nilesh Cabral, who was among the passengers on the flight which took off from the coastal state on Sunday, claimed the aircraft’s engine caught fire following which the plane had to return.

However, the airline refuted the claims, saying “at no point of time there was any danger of fire in the engine”.