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A Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight from Guwahati suffered a tail strike during a second landing attempt at the Bengaluru airport on Sunday, sources said. IndiGo said in a statement that its aircraft operating its Guwahati-Bengaluru flight experienced "abnormal runway contact" while landing during gusty weather at the Kempegowda International Airport. All customers and crew are safe and have disembarked safely, the statement said. The IndiGo A321 aircraft faced a string of tail strikes at different airports in the country in the past as well. "The aircraft is undergoing maintenance checks. It will resume operations after securing necessary clearances," the airline said in the statement. It added that all relevant authorities have been informed about the incident.
An Indigo flight from Navi Mumbai to Srinagar hit a pole while being parked at Srinagar airport on Friday. While the aircraft suffered damage, there were no injuries to the passengers or crew members. Flight 6E 225 (VT-NOG) was being positioned at Bay No. 6 at 9.02 am when it came into contact with the Visual Docking Guidance System (VDGS) pole during the parking process, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) said in a statement. "All passengers and crew members are safe, and no injuries have been reported," it said, adding that the passengers and crew safely deboarded using manual aircraft stairs. The AAI said the details and circumstances leading to the incident will be examined by the appropriate authorities according to the prescribed procedures. "The exact cause will be ascertained following the completion of the inquiry, and no conclusion regarding the cause is being drawn at this stage," the statement read. Airport operations remained normal, with flight arrivals and departu
A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight with 229 passengers on board returned to Goa about 30 minutes after takeoff and made an emergency landing at Manohar International Airport after one of the aircraft engines failed mid-air, sources said. The aircraft, however, landed safely at the airport in Mopa, North Goa, they said. "IndiGo flight 6E 2102, which departed from Goa for Delhi at 9.16 am, returned to Goa after reporting a failure in one of its engines. The Air Traffic Control (ATC) declared a full emergency around 9.30 am and the aircraft landed safely on runway 28 at 9.51 am," a source said. There were 229 passengers on board, an airport official said. "The flight returned after one of its engines developed a snag," the official said. A spokesperson for IndiGo said in a statement, "A technical issue was detected shortly after takeoff on IndiGo flight 6E 2102 operating from North Goa to Delhi." "Following the standard operating procedure, the relevant authorities were informed, and the
IndiGo Co-founder and IIT Kanpur alumnus Rakesh Gangwal has committed an additional funding of Rs 300 crore to his alma mater for the further development of the Gangwal School of Medical Sciences and Technology at the institute premises, a statement said on Monday. This follows his contribution of Rs 100 crore in 2022, which supported the Institute's plans to establish a medical school on campus, taking his cumulative contribution towards the Gangwal School to Rs 400 crore, it said. With this commitment, Gangwal will provide matching grants of up to Rs 300 crore against contributions from other supporters towards the development of the school. "It is an honour and a privilege to be part of this innovative and first-of-its-kind medical institution," Gangwal was quoted as saying in the statement. The school's development plans also include a 500-bed super-speciality hospital on the IIT Kanpur campus, along with a proposed 200-bed cancer care research centre. The facilities are ...