Full emergency at Chennai airport after left engine issue on IndiGo flight with 224 aboard
The aircraft, carrying 224 people on board, later landed safely on Runway 25 at Chennai airport. The full emergency was later lifted.
An emergency was declared at Chennai airport for IndiGo flight 6E-723, which was flying from Kolkata to Chennai. The aircraft reported a left engine inoperative condition, prompting emergency response measures to ensure a safe landing. The full emergency was declared at 11:29 pm and lifted at 11:47 pm. The flight, carrying 224 people, landed safely on Runway 25 at 11:37 pm.
This was not the first time an IndiGo flight had encountered technical issues - in March, an IndiGo flight from Visakhapatnam to Delhi also declared a full emergency due to an engine failure, but all passengers and crew members landed safely.
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