AI flight develops technical snag in TN

Chennai, Apr 7: As many as 113 passengers and five crew members of a New Delhi-bound Air India flight had a providential escape as the aircraft suffered a technical snag, an hour after take off from the Kamaraj domestic terminal here this morning.

Airport sources said after the flight developed technical snag, the Air Traffic Control authorities asked the pilot to return to Chennai. Accordingly, the pilot safely landed the aircraft here. As the aircraft could not be repaired immediately, the passengers, including Pondicherry Minister Kandasamy and Congress MLA H Vasanthakumar, were sent to their destination in an alternate flight.

UNI