Flight services resumes after 21 hrs
Flights services from the Kolkata airport resumed today after remaining suspended for 21 hours in view of the cyclone Remal, a NSCBI Airport official said on Monday.
A Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight from Kolkata returned to the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) on Sunday following a crack in the windshield of the aircraft, airport sources said.
The flight 6E 345 had 178 passengers on board.
The windshield developed the crack shortly after take-off, and the flight made its way back to the airport a little more than 15 minutes later, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said.
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“On Sunday… at around 1015 hrs Indigo 6E345 Kolkata-Bengaluru with 178 passengers on board returned due to a windshield crack. It landed safely at around 1034 hrs,” the AAI official said.
A statement from IndiGo said the aircraft had to return to Kolkata owing to inclement weather in the morning.
“Due to severe weather conditions witnessed in Kolkata this morning, an IndiGo flight… suffered minor damage on the outer surface of the windshield. Following standard operating procedures, the pilot returned to Kolkata for further inspection,” it said.
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