Faced with low fuel for the onward journey, the flight was diverted to Nagpur, where it made a safe landing.
The incident involving Kolkata-Mumbai flight -- that was carrying nearly 100 passengers -- happened on July 22.
Officials said the pilots did not retract the landing gear after take-off. Following the incident, the two women pilots have been derostered and the initial probe report has also been submitted to the executives concerned, they added.
Landing gear is deployed at the time of landing and take off. Soon after a plane takes off, the landing gear is retracted but in this particular instance, the pilots concerned failed to retract it.
As the landing gear of the aircraft was not retracted, it resulted in increased fuel consumption.
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