IndiGo Abu Dhabi flight suffers mid-air snag, returns to Kochi Airport

An Abu Dhabi-bound IndiGo flight was forced to return to Kochi early on Saturday after developing a technical snag while airborne for more than two hours, news agency PTI reported citing sources. The flight, 6E-1403, had over 180 passengers and six crew members onboard. The aircraft had departed Kochi at 11.10 pm on Friday and returned at 1.44 am on Saturday following the snag. Passengers were later accommodated on another IndiGo aircraft, which took off for Abu Dhabi at around 3.30 am. A new set of crew members was deployed for the onward journey as the earlier crew had exceeded flight duty time limits, sourced added.

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