IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Delhi Airport due to engine failure-like situation
The aircraft was operating from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to the national capital when the issue was reported.
The aircraft was operating from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to the national capital when the issue was reported.
During a weekly review meeting held yesterday, the airline confirmed its readiness based on its current approved network, enhanced crew strength, and the scheduled removal of two FDTL exemptions previously granted on December 6, 2025.
"I want to tell the Chief Minister that this issue is not about whose business grew, but about how that growth took place. It is necessary to understand how only one industrialist is growing. It is necessary for the people to understand this growth," Raj Thackeray said.
DGCA has summoned IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers again as the regulator digs deeper into the lapses behind the airline’s massive disruptions that grounded hundreds of flights and stranded thousands.
IndiGo’s disruptions stretched into Monday, with Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu telling Rajya Sabha that crew-rostering lapses and internal planning issues triggered the airline’s nationwide crisis.
The IndiGo crisis wasn’t due to weather. It wasn’t due to ATC. It was a basic failure: not having enough rested, legal-to-fly pilots once the new Flight Duty Time Limitation rules actually bit.
At Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport and across the country, services of India’s leading low-cost carrier have been disrupted.
IndiGo's flight disruptions worsened after the pilots' association accused airlines of “creating” the crisis to exert pressure on regulators.
Sources from Indigo informed that on Wednesday the airline received an email threatening to bomb five airports. It promptly shared the email with all relevant airports to alert them. It was reportedly received at around 3:15 pm.
IndiGo Airlines announced it will launch direct flight services to China later this month, marking a major step in strengthening air connectivity between the two Asian neighbours.
