Chennai: A Singapore-bound Scoot Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Chennai international airport early on Monday, authorities said. The plane, which departed from Tiruchy, landed after the pilots received a smoke warning in the aircraft’s cargo from the automated alarm system.
According to sources, in the early hours of Monday, Flyscoot pilots got a smoke warning at around 3.40 am after the flight SCO 567, carrying 165 passengers and 7 cabin crew, had departed from Tiruchy airport at 1.30 am.