An Air India Express flight lX 398, headed to Kozhikode from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, was forced to make an emergency landing at Kochi airport in Kerala on Thursday due to a technical snag involving malfunctioning landing gear.
Air India Express flight 1028 operating from Delhi to Indore on Friday morning had to make a priority landing at Indore Airport after the pilot identified a technical snag, Air India Spokesperson confirmed.
Singapore Air Force (RSAF) scrambled F-15SG jets on Tuesday night following a bomb threat on an Air India Express flight, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported.
Air India Express informed that the aircraft landed safely in Abu Dhabi and all 184 passengers onboard are safe.
On Thursday, the AAIB appointed Captain S.S. Chahar as the investigator-in-charge to probe the mishap.
Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said on Saturday that 149 people have been admitted to hospitals, 23 have been discharged, while three are critically injured in the B737 plane crash.
After this abortive attempt, the place gained an altitude again to circle and come back after reaching an altitude of 7200 feet.
