Tech snags delay 2 flights to Northeast from Kolkata

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Kolkata: Two IndiGo flights from Kolkata to Northeast were delayed following technical snags on Thursday. IndiGo flight 6E 487, carrying 155 passengers, from Kolkata to Silchar returned to the ramp on Thursday morning following a technical snag in the Airbus A320 aircraft.
The aircraft pushed back from stand 48 at 6.44 am, ahead of its scheduled departure at 6.55 am. However, while taxiing, the crew reported a snag and returned to stand 48 at 7.17 am.
The passengers were returned to the terminal and were put into a separate aircraft, which flew out of Kolkata at 9.38 am. It landed in Silchar at 10.27 am.
Another IndiGo flight, 6E 6068, headed to Agartala from Kolkata, suffered a technical glitch and had to return from the runway on Thursday morning. The flight was about to take off at 9.45am and was approaching the runway from the taxi bay when the glitch was spotted, and the pilot informed the Air Traffic Control (ATC). The plane was turned back to the bay. The aircraft departed for Agartala after around 40 minutes and reached Agartala at 11.20 am.

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