Air India Express flight makes emergency landing at Kerala airport

  • Date: 31-Jul-2021
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Tourism
  • Country:Saudi Arabia
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Air India Express flight makes emergency landing at Kerala airport

An Air India Express flight to Saudi Arabia had to make an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Saturday after a crack in the windshield of the aircraft was detected, an airport official said.

After taking off from here at around 7.52 am, less than an hour into the flight, the pilots noticed the crack in the windshield of the airplane prompting them to turn back to Thiruvananthapuram for an emergency landing at around 8.50 am, the official said.

However, the plane had no passengers, due to the Covid-19 restrictions on international travel to certain destinations, and was only carrying cargo and a crew of eight.