A passenger used social media to talk about his “harrowing experience” aboard an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Chandigarh, which landed with almost little fuel remaining.
On Saturday, April 13, an IndiGo flight from Ayodhya to Delhi came dangerously close to landing with almost little fuel remaining after having to reroute to Chandigarh. Passengers and a veteran pilot have expressed concerns about safety following the event, claiming that IndiGo may have broken Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
According to traveler Satish Kumar, who posted about his “harrowing experience” on social media, flight 6E2702 was supposed to take off from Ayodhya at 3:25 PM and land in Delhi at 4:30 PM.
However the pilot announced fifteen minutes before landing that they would not be able to land in Delhi due to poor weather. He claimed that the plane twice made an unsuccessful attempt to land while it was hovering over the city.
Unfortunately the pilot announced fifteen minutes before landing that they would not be able to land in Delhi due to poor weather. He claimed that the plane twice made an unsuccessful attempt to land while it was hovering over the city.
“By that time, a lot of passengers and one of the crew staff started puking out of panic,” Kumar stated.
It took the jet 115 minutes to land at Chandigarh Airport at 6:10 PM, after it was announced that it would have 45 minutes to hold fuel. The crew personnel informed us that we had landed just in time, with barely one or two minutes of gasoline remaining.
In his social media post, Kumar tagged the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), raising concerns about if SOPs were adhered to and whether this was a narrow escape.
Shakti Lumba, a retired pilot, urged that the DGCA conduct a probe into the incident, calling it a “gross safety violation” by IndiGo.
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Lumba posted on X, “A diversion is mandatory after two missed approaches.” “It is a flagrant safety breach to continue holding rather than veering and then presumably landing on fumes. If the report is accurate, the Captain has no business holding such a position of authority.”
With direct inputs from indiatoday
