By Our Special Correspondent
New Delhi, March 28: An IndiGo flight, 6E 579, traveling from Visakhapatnam to Delhi, made an emergency landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday due to an engine failure. The Boeing 737 aircraft, carrying 160-161 passengers, declared a full emergency at 10:39 am and landed safely on Runway 28 at 10:54 am .
The pilots detected an “uncommanded No. 1 engine inflight shutdown” caused by high engine vibrations, but managed to land the plane using a single engine. Fire tenders and rescue teams were stationed along the runway as a precaution, and all passengers were safely evacuated .
The aircraft, wet-leased from Turkey’s Corendon Airlines, has been grounded for inspection. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is investigating the cause of the engine failure.
