According to the airline, IndiGo flight 6E 6017 from Bengaluru to Chennai was taxiing out to the runway for departure when smoke was noticed in the aircraft.
Air India flight AI2651 was grounded after the incident. It had 179 people on board
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A Bengaluru airport staffer has been arrested after a foreign woman passenger alleged sexual harassment during an unauthorised check at Terminal 2. Police have sent the accused to custody.
The disruptions at IndiGo have stranded thousands of travellers for three days in a row. IndiGo, with a domestic market share of over 60 per cent, was forced to cancel around 150 flights across the country yesterday.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case had sought 15-day custody of Revanna in the first of three sexual assault cases filed against the JD-S MP.
The injured were taken to a hospital for immediate medical attention. Only 5 people are remaining in the hospital for treatment.
On March 12, a passenger who arrived from Bangkok to Bengaluru by IndiGo flight 6E 76, was intercepted by Bengaluru Customs Air Intelligence Officers.
754 grams of the said concealed substance, valued at 5.3 crore INR in the international market, was seized under the provisions of the NDPS Act.
"The partnership with IBM is part of our vision to make the airport smart, digitised, connected and intuitive," said BIAL chief executive Hari Marar on the occasion.
