Thirty terrifying minutes on IndiGo flight to Kuwait
160 passengers to Kuwait had a harrowing time after a fire alarm on the IndiGo flight went off, moments after take-off, forcing it to return to the Chennai international airport during the small hours on Friday. The smoke warning alarm, indicating fire in the rear-cargo area, turned out to be false, said the airlines .
Pilots flying IndiGo 6E-1751 to Kuwait declared full emergency after detecting smoke warning, minutes after the flight’s take-off from Chennai at 1:30 am on Friday. The flight landed back safely in Chennai at 2 am.
“IndiGo aircraft VT-IJJ departed for Kuwait at 1.30 am and was forced to turn back due to cargo smoke warning. After noticing the alarm, pilots declared a full emergency and landed the flight safely at Chennai airport by 2 AM,” said officials familiar with the developments.
