Full emergency declared at Kolkata airport

  • | Friday | 29th March, 2019

All operations were normal at the Airport," the statement read.An airport official said the aircraft has been grounded for maintenance and all 16 passengers who were travelling in the flight were accommodated at other airlines and the Alliance Air's evening flight. Once the flight touched down, the aircraft was inspected by officials and upon coming across the trouble, the passengers were deboarded off the flight in a hurry and the full emergency was terminated. KOLKATA: Full emergency was declared at the Kolkata airport on Friday after a Guwahati bound Alliance Air flight from Kolkata returned back eight minutes since its departure after the pilot complained of some technical problem at the aircraft.Airport officials said the flight 9I733 took off for Guwahati at 10.28am with 16 passengers and while airborne, the pilot faced some technical problem and alerted the Kolkata ATC "Alliance Air flight 9I 733 from CCU-GAU, airborne from Kolkata at 10.28 am, but due to some technical problem, aircraft returned back to Kolkata at 10.36am safely," a statement sent by the airport authorities read.Owing to the pilot's alert message, full emergency was declared. "Emergency terminated at 10.44am.

KOLKATA: Full emergency was declared at the Kolkata airport on Friday after a Guwahati bound Alliance Air flight from Kolkata returned back eight minutes since its departure after the pilot complained of some technical problem at the aircraft.Airport officials said the flight 9I733 took off for Guwahati at 10.28am with 16 passengers and while airborne, the pilot faced some technical problem and alerted the Kolkata ATC "Alliance Air flight 9I 733 from CCU-GAU, airborne from Kolkata at 10.28 am, but due to some technical problem, aircraft returned back to Kolkata at 10.36am safely," a statement sent by the airport authorities read.Owing to the pilot's alert message, full emergency was declared. Once the flight touched down, the aircraft was inspected by officials and upon coming across the trouble, the passengers were deboarded off the flight in a hurry and the full emergency was terminated."Emergency terminated at 10.44am. All operations were normal at the Airport," the statement read.An airport official said the aircraft has been grounded for maintenance and all 16 passengers who were travelling in the flight were accommodated at other airlines and the Alliance Air's evening flight.

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