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Due to improper landing of an Indigo plane on the runway of Ahmedabad, the plane touched the runway and took off back. This made the passengers nervous. The incident took place on Monday night at 8.45 pm at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabh Bhai Airport. Flight number 6E 6056 from Chandigarh to Ahmedabad did not land in the right position. There were about 100 passengers in the plane. However, after being in the air for 20 minutes, the plane made a safe landing.
According to the passengers, as soon as the wheel of the plane made contact with the runway for landing, the plane suddenly took off at high speed. Passengers panicked when take off took place instead of landing.
Indigo’s flight number 6E 6056 had about 100 passengers on board.
Passenger tweeted
Passenger on the plane Tejas Joshi said in his tweet, ‘Today the flight from Chandigarh to Ahmedabad (6E 6056) could not land at Ahmedabad airport. The plane reached the runway and then took off. This scared the passengers.
ATC asked for re-landing
According to media reports, airport sources said that the landing of the aircraft was not in the right position. In view of this, the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) directed the pilot to take off immediately and land back again in a proper manner.
There was no complaint of injury to any passenger or any problem during the sudden take-off.
A passenger has asked to complain to Indigo, DGCA and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia regarding this incident.