A Saudia Airlines cargo flight made an emergency landing at Kolkata International Airport on Saturday at noon. The swift effort was made after the pilot reported that a windshield cracked mid-air. According to the news agency ANI, the aircraft landed safely at Kolkata airport at 12:02 pm.
Earlier last week, an IndiGo Airlines flight heading to Varanasi from Bengaluru made an emergency landing at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad in Telangana. According to ANI, the pilot contacted the ATC after he found a technical issue.
Later in the day, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) confirmed that IndiGo flight 6E897 had taken off from Bengaluru for Varanasi but made an emergency landing at 6:15 am after being diverted to Shamshabad airport.
As per DGCA officials, all 137 passengers on board were safe.