On March 12, an IndiGo A320 Neo flight from Ahmedabad to Lucknow witnessed a mid-air engine failure. The pilot chose to return to Ahmedabad and an emergency was declared. This was the third mid-air engine failure in a short time but for some reason the March 12 incident triggered more panic across the board. Alarm bells rang a trifle louder — perhaps at the instance of the pilot or the air traffic control — than the previous incidents. Within hours, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced the grounding of 11 more Neo aircraft — eight of IndiGo and
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