Jaipur:
Day after a major air tragedy was averted after a technical snag was detected in the Muscat-bound aircraft, passengers of a Delhi-bound Air India flight from Ahmedabad were stranded for at least six hours after the flight made an emergency landing at Jaipur's Sanganer airport on Wednesday morning.
According to the Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials, the pilot of the aircraft realised leakage in the fuel tank when the aircraft was on its way to Delhi. As such, he opted to make an emergency landing.
"The air traffic control (ATC) of the Sanganer airport was intimated and permission for an emergency landing was sought. Soon after clearance from the ATC, Jaipur, the flight had an emergency landing around 7.15 am on Wednesday," an official with the airlines told DNA.
However, there were unofficial reports, which said that the aircraft did not have enough fuel to fly up to Delhi from Ahmedabad.
"Last year, four flights destined for various locations made emergency landings at the Jaipur airport. The cause behind the emergency landing in all the four cases was insufficient fuel in the aircraft," a senior officer at the Jaipur airport said on the condition of anonymity.
However, ruling out the possibility, an official with the Air India said, "No, the aeroplane had enough fuel. There was a leakage in the fuel tank, which took at least six hours to be repaired."
Finally, all the 129 passengers of this flight took a sigh of relief when the flight took off to Delhi around 2.10 pm.
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